Monday, August 4, 2008

Say My Name, Say My Name

There was a moment this morning, just a 10 minute window, in which Bunny and I said the other's name 1,000 times. Maybe it was more, maybe it was less but the names were said a whole lot.

Now any parent can relate to this. Your child will call out for you for a multitude of reasons. Mommy (where are you) Mommy (I'm hungry / thirsty), Mommy (I want something), Mommy (I can't find my toy/shoes/book/anything even though it is right in front of me or right were I put it), Mommy (I need you), Mommy (I need help), Mommy (I want to annoy you). The best is Mommy (I love you).

Because you are their parent, your child expects you to drop whatever you are doing and answer their call. The world revolves around them. If you do not answer right away Mommy becomes MOMMY, becomes MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY, becomes MOOOOOOOMMMMMMMYYYY.

Now there is the flipside to this. As a parent you utter your child's name repeatedly through out the day. Bunny (where are you), Bunny (come eat/drink) Bunny (you need to do something), Bunny (come pick up your toy/shoes/book/anything I'm getting sick of stepping on them), Bunny (don't do that), Bunny (stop what you are doing immediately), Bunny (time for a time out), Bunny (listen to me, for the 100th time, listen to me). And yes the occasional Bunny (I love you).

And because you are their parent, your child ignores your call. The world revolves around them and frankly they have better things to do than listen to you. If they do not listen right away Bunny becomes BUNNY, becomes BUNNY, BUNNY, BUNNY, becomes BUNNY MIDDLE NAME, becomes BUNNY MIDDLE NAME LAST NAME.

Its no wonder children learn their names so early.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ahh I love it! My girls are the same way! Just wait until you have Turtle, then they do the same thing...at the same time, getting louder to be heard over the other sibling. I just run away screaming...LOL. :)

Anonymous said...

I totally hear you....I wonder if ear plugs might work some time....To this day my mom still calls me by my entire name or sometimes my sister's name (joys of aging) if I happen to do something that she really doesn't like. It doesn't happen that often but it still happens (guess once a kid, always a kid to a parent)....

EatPlayLove said...

LOL! I just had say my name in my post today! Same wavelength. When I ask my 20 month old what her name is she says, me or mine.

cm said...

Wait until Bunny is 10...by then youll have heard mommy enough times to make you want to cry. ive told my kids im changing my name. im no longer mommy but i cant tell you what my new name is I say. it baffles them long enough to give the old ears some peace. :)

anymommy said...

So funny. And yep, my kids know there whole names...they also wait for me to get to the point where I'm yelling the entire thing before responding. Hmmmm, at two, I'm in trouble at sixteen