John and His Mouth

Sometimes I think John is way ahead of his time, and sometimes not quite up to speed when he talks. Either way, it's often pretty funny. My disclaimer for when you read this later in life, John, your Daddy convinced me I needed to write it down.

First of all, John has started to enunciate more, which is bringing out some speech issues (normal for development, but still funny to listen to). For instance, one of his favorite phrases now is "Pweeeeese stop" or "pweeeeeese no" (a step up from "peas"). I've also noticed that he always likes to play the pwanto (otherwise known as the piano), and he's so proud that in August he'll be "free" (or maybe three).

Another funny thing he's started, and I'm not quite sure how to take it, is that he's started to say things about me in a forceful, almost angry tone. I think he thinks it's funny because he usually isn't angry when he's saying it. What I can't figure out is if he just thinks the tone is funny, or if he's trying to cut me down and be mean and he thinks that's funny. What makes it confusing is that he says things like "You rock, mama" and "You're the best". Haven't quite figured out if he thinks those are insults, yet, but I take them as compliments and say, "thank you! You rock, too!"

OK, here's the really funny one. The first time I heard it I thought, "really? Does it really start this young?" We were in a public restroom that had higher toilets than at home. I suggested maybe he should sit because I didn't know if he was tall enough to reach. His response...no lie "No, I big. My pee pee is big." I didn't make a big deal out of it (although it was terribly hard to hide my giggles) because I didn't want that to become his mantra. No luck. He now says that frequently when he goes to the bathroom. Not so much at home...more so in public restrooms. Oh dear.