One of the most adorable and endearing things about toddlers is their complete honesty, the lack of pretense, the way they are lost in the moment.
Of course as with anything that is extremely adorable and cute it can be a double edged sword and can cut you to the core. Luckily for me I was the recipient of one such an episode.
The other night Wife was sitting in the loungeroom with Little Miss and Usurper drying the toddlers hair after a shower. I was in the kitchen doing the husbandly duty of unpacking the clean stuff from the dishwasher and dealing with the dinners detritus. It was then that I overheard the following exchange:
Wife: ‘Come here sweety and we’ll dry your hair.’
Little Miss: ‘I have lots and lots of hair!’
Wife: ‘Yes you do, what about mummy?’
Little Miss: ‘Lots of hair!’
Wife: ‘How about Usurper?’
Little Miss: ‘Usurper has a little hair’
Wife: ‘And Daddy?’
There was a very long pause while Little Miss gave it some thought before announcing: ‘Like Usurper’ she then giggled and ran off.
So there you go, my own toddler thinks I have the hairline of a newborn and that it is funny. I am the butt of one of my own daughters earliest jokes. Ouch!
“Caitlin, come here please- Daddee wants to brush your teeth for you..”
“I don’t wanna..”
“You gotta, cos you gotta look after your teeth..”
“Why?”
“You need to look after your teeth, otherwise they will go bad & fall out.. And then you won’t have any teeth left to chew..”
“Yah, just like (maternal) Grandad…”
Luckily this took place at bedtime at my place & not Grandad’s!
Lol, that exchange is something I think all of us as parents can relate too.
The sad thing is my wife tends to use me and my recent bout of root canal treatments as the example when it comes to toothbrushing.