Thursday, August 13, 2009

Like Mother, Like Daughter

My daughter was incredibly verbal when she was little. So verbal, in fact, that I never would have believed it if I hadn't witnessed it myself.

When she was around a year and a half, I said to her, "Jordan instead of just crying in your crib, can you kind of yell out and tell me what's wrong so I know if I need to come in. Like Mommy, I dropped my pac!"

Later that night, I was in a deep sleep and I heard, "Mommy, I need more milk."

I got up and made her a bottle. Just as I was falling back to sleep, I heard, "Mommy, my milk leaked." Yup, she really said leaked.

I got up and sure enough, I hadn't screwed the lid on properly. I had to change her pajamas and her sheets and get her a new bottle.

I was so tired. (Keep in mind I also had a three month old!)

I finally get back into bed and drift off and I hear, "Mommy, I got in a bad mood!"

Ha! Why couldn't she have taken after her father?

12 comments:

Tricia J. O'Brien said...

*laughing self silly* Oh, how I wish I could call out and get sympathy when I got a bad mood. That's a wonderful story. And.....I kind of see another book in it. You've got so much material, I'm just saying...

Stephanie Faris said...

That's SO cute! I love that age...where they're just starting to talk well. They say the cutest things.

Kelly H-Y said...

That is awesome! And, wow ... she WAS a verbal one - - impressive!

Casey Something said...

So cute! And amazing!

I'm having the opposite problem. Berlin will almost always use one word to tell me something or ask for something if she can get away with it. We keep emphasizing sentences but there are only a few she likes to say.

Ha!

Susan R. Mills said...

So funny! By the way, my daughter's name is Jordan, too.

Shelli (srjohannes) said...

so sweet - i am missing babies today :(

Little Ms J said...

That is hilarious!

B.J. Anderson said...

Lol, kids are so darn cute. And what a smart little kid you have!

storyqueen said...

Too cute!!

K said...

WOW! That is a lot of talking for someone so young :) How amusing!

Carrie Harris said...

Heh. I get stuff like that too. The other day, it was, "Mommy, I'm cranky. I go to my room until I feel better."

And I thought, hey, I can retire now. Until this morning when they got a hold of the vitamin bottle. Le sigh.

Ladybird World Mother said...

Wow... I can hardly be that verbal and am almost 49. Good on her!xx