My two year old son Anthony discovered the word “WHY”. And boy, does he know how to use it! After breakfast this morning, he asked to go play. He wanted to go into the living room and play with his toys and his brother and I said no. The response I got was “WHY?” To which I responded that we had to go to Dr. Grace’s office. And of course, the reply was “WHY?” And I answered that we had to the doctor’s. Naturally, I got another “WHY?” and I think I must have given him about another 12 answers, every one getting the same response. During the course of the conversation, Louis, his twin, chimed in with his own “Whys” as well. I am in trouble!
So the “I don’t knows” have been replaced with “Whys”. Not quite sure which one is worse. I can’t begin to count how many times I have asked a question, such as “Why did you take off your shoes?” and would get the response “I don’t know!” These are the joys of the double terrible twos! I have to say that most of the time, I need to hide my head so they don’t see me laughing. This dynamic duo is quite comical! I never knew how much a pair of two year olds can actually argue! They don’t actually fight, but they disagree. I might be in the kitchen and I’ll here “NO, NeeNee!” (what Louis calls Anthony), “Yes, NooNoo” (what Anthony calls Louis), followed by a “My turn!” and then some back and forth nos and yeses until I have to help them settle the argument, usually by asking where the other toy is (we have two of everything to prevent this type of argument) and the answer I get is always “I don’t know!”
So maybe this morning when Anthony kept asking me “Why?” I should have just answered “I don’t know!”
