Daddy at Home Day: "No!"
One of the words Baby Dog picked up in the last couple months is “Yes!” She started saying it as “Yesh,” which is how we habitually say it in homage to that cat in Mutts. When we realised we might inadvertently give our daughter a speech impediment, we started saying “Yes” very deliberately, but with similar emphasis. She says it exactly that way. “Yes!” It’s very charming.
Sometime in the last couple of days, she’s discovered “No.” That’s somewhat less charming. Today’s been a fussy eating day. At some point in each meal, she has thrown up a hand to block the spoon and exclaimed “No!” Perhaps this also is in homage to Mutts – a classic shnubbing. At lunchtime I invented a little song that helped get most of her food down. It goes like this: “Nummy nummy good food, num, num, num!” She was so delighted by my delivery that she didn’t notice I was still feeding her.
We had several conversations today that went a little like this: “Come on, have some more toast.” “No!” “Can you say ‘yes’ instead of ‘no?’” “No!” “Daddy liked when you were saying ‘yes’ all the time. Can you say that again?” “No!” “Are you sure?” “No!” “So you’re not sure?” “No!” “So maybe you might say yes again?” “No!” “Didn’t you just say you weren’t sure?” “No!” “Come on, I heard you say it, you said you weren’t sure. You want me to read you back the transcript?” “No!” And so on.
Sometime in the last couple of days, she’s discovered “No.” That’s somewhat less charming. Today’s been a fussy eating day. At some point in each meal, she has thrown up a hand to block the spoon and exclaimed “No!” Perhaps this also is in homage to Mutts – a classic shnubbing. At lunchtime I invented a little song that helped get most of her food down. It goes like this: “Nummy nummy good food, num, num, num!” She was so delighted by my delivery that she didn’t notice I was still feeding her.
We had several conversations today that went a little like this: “Come on, have some more toast.” “No!” “Can you say ‘yes’ instead of ‘no?’” “No!” “Daddy liked when you were saying ‘yes’ all the time. Can you say that again?” “No!” “Are you sure?” “No!” “So you’re not sure?” “No!” “So maybe you might say yes again?” “No!” “Didn’t you just say you weren’t sure?” “No!” “Come on, I heard you say it, you said you weren’t sure. You want me to read you back the transcript?” “No!” And so on.
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