It isn’t that I intentionally tune him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.
Today we were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?
I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper. I replied that he had said MOMMY.
Mommy, how did you know?
I just know.
No, HOW did you know?
I just know.
He thought for a minute and tried again. His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.
Mommy, what did I say THAT time?
Mommy.
MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I just knew.
But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.
I just knew.
He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time. This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent. The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.
Mommy, what did I say then?
Mommy.
He looked at me stunned. He believed I had just read his mind.
Mommy, how do you do that?
I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I hadn’t realized that until I said it. I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.
Rhett (of course) disagreed, Mommy, I DO NOT!
See you just did!
Mommy, I don’t do…
You did it again!
Mommmmm…..
Yep! Again!
By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”. He recovered a bit and tried to speak, Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.
He starts all his sentences with mommy…Rhett(4) complains that sometimes I don’t answer him when he calls for me.
It isn’t that I intentionally tune him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.
Today we were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?
I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper. I replied that he had said MOMMY.
Mommy, how did you know?
I just know.
No, HOW did you know?
I just know.
He thought for a minute and tried again. His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.
Mommy, what did I say THAT time?
Mommy.
MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I just knew.
But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.
I just knew.
He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time. This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent. The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.
Mommy, what did I say then?
Mommy.
He looked at me stunned. He believed I had just read his mind.
Mommy, how do you do that?
I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I hadn’t realized that until I said it. I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.
Rhett (of course) disagreed, Mommy, I DO NOT!
See you just did!
Mommy, I don’t do…
You did it again!
Mommmmm…..
Yep! Again!
By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”. He recovered a bit and tried to speak, Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.
He starts all his sentences with mommy…
It isn’t that I intentionally tune him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.
Today we were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?
I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper. I replied that he had said MOMMY.
Mommy, how did you know?
I just know.
No, HOW did you know?
I just know.
He thought for a minute and tried again. His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.
Mommy, what did I say THAT time?
Mommy.
MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I just knew.
But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.
I just knew.
He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time. This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent. The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.
Mommy, what did I say then?
Mommy.
He looked at me stunned. He believed I had just read his mind.
Mommy, how do you do that?
I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I hadn’t realized that until I said it. I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.
Rhett (of course) disagreed, Mommy, I DO NOT!
See you just did!
Mommy, I don’t do…
You did it again!
Mommmmm…..
Yep! Again!
By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”. He recovered a bit and tried to speak, Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.
He starts all his sentences with mommy…
That’s so funny I was cracking up reading this the whole time. I went to this post because of course my 3 year old daughter says mommy ALL day sometimes 10 times in row and drives me nuts it got to point where I been teaching her to count to 5 inbetweeen each time she says mommy in row to give it a break lol and give me a chance to answer or take in my answer sometimes she acts like I didn’t even say yes when she says mommy and says it again haha.
Awe! That is the sweetest thing. Now I am going to have to pay closer attention to how my kids start all their sentences.
Thanks so much for sharing this. That is beautiful perspective. I find myself sometimes getting annoyed by my 5 year old seemingly starting ever sentence with Mommy. Sometimes, I don’t even want to hear the word! Thanks for the smile and the reminder. It’s all good.
nothing like a good cry first thing in the morning! what an awesome post and what a sweet little boy <3
chills…
Your post made me smile!
What a sweet post. You get a treasured gift every single day. Sweet Boy. You need to get it on video so you will have it when he grows up…
My son speaks very little English at the moment – currently is babynese
but I cannot wait for him to come to me with his burning questions about the world and of course… start every sentence with mommy!
right now I get a MAMA only in a fit of joy, which fortunately happens every often as I have a happy boy, but I do wish he would just say it more often.
Melts my heart. You know what is so sweet about it…….that you recognized it!! Love!