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Anyone else having this conversation with your 2-year-old over and over and over again? Tell me I'm not alone.

158 replies

EmpressTequilaLaMingMingGnarr · 17/12/2008 17:07

Her: Mummy, whatchoo doing?
Me: Wiping the table.
Her: Whatchoo doing Mummy?
Me: I'm wiping the table.
Her: Whatchoo doing?
Me: I'm wiping the table.
Her: Mummy?
Me: Yes?
Her: Whatchoo doing?
Me: I'm wiping the table.
Her: Whatchoo doing Mummy?
Me: Wiping the table.

Repeat X infinity or until you melt through sheer lack of will to live.

X 100000 times a day.

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MumtoCharlieandLola · 17/12/2008 22:15

So why bring my kids into it ?????

FrostyTheSnowgirl · 17/12/2008 22:32

PMSL at this thread, my ds has just started this stage hes 2 and a week. Our convo this morning was

mummy want a cup of tea
mek babes
ds:MUMMY want a cup of tea
me: yes im just boiling the kettle
ds:mummy want a cup of tea
(went on the entire time it took for kettle to boil and me make it)

I put the mug down in front of him to which he said: not want it, take it away but soooooooooo funny

ChirpyGrinch · 17/12/2008 22:43

Or what about the

Hello mummy!
Hello DD1
No, I am DD1 Peppa
Hello DD1 Peppa
No I am DD1 Scott (thunderbirds, blame dh)
Hello DD1 Scott
No I am DD1 Pingu
Hello DD1 Pingu
No I am DD1 Superduck
Hello DD1 superduck
No I am DD1 Peppa

(also include a good 10 more names, and poor DD2 has to be the 'sidekick' every time!)

EffiePerine · 17/12/2008 22:46

Oh yes. And 'That one. That one. That one' when there's the slightest possibility of him getting a toy/bar of choc/bag of crisps...

also naming random things (I have to agree that it is indeed a door before we can progress)

NotanOtter · 17/12/2008 22:51

this is sooo true

NotanOtter · 17/12/2008 22:54

ds 'sing twinkle'

me 'twinkle twinkle.....'

ds 'no no no sing mary'

me 'Mary mary quite....'

ds 'no no no - siiiiinnnnnng Cupboard was bare'

me' old mother hubbard went to the....'

ds 'no no no sing 'Grand old duke '

you get the drift!

DingDongMerrilyOnEI · 17/12/2008 23:02

yep...im in the same hell boat

my DD (2.11) has her moments

recently it is...

DD: mummy i want a yoghurt
me: ok DD il get you one,
DD: mummy i want a yoghurt
me: here you go DD a pink one,
DD: mummy not this one that pink one (exactly the same but still in fridge)
me: its the same
DD: that one mummy
me: ok (swaps yoghurts)
DD: no mummy that one (the one she had just given back)
me: you didnt want it before
D: that one mummy
me: ok DD (swaps)
DD: no mummy i WANT THAT ONE (one she had just swapped)
and on it goes....

it is the same with the TV, DVDs the park vs the farm...[faarrrgghhh]
xx ei xx

Poledra · 17/12/2008 23:04

Oh yes, we have these too. Variations on your theme of:

DD2: I IgglePiggle, Mummy
Me: yes
DD2: DD1 UpsyDaisy, Mummy
Me: yes
DD2: Mummy, you a HaaHoo
Me: yes
DD2: Daddy MakkaPakka
Me: Yes (or occasionally 'I wish he cleaned up as much as MakkaPakka)
DD2: DD3 a Pontipine
Me: yes.

DD2: I IgglePiggle, Mummy
etc etc

And the other favourite
DD2: Where are you, Mummy?
Me: In the bathroom
: You doin' a poo, Mummy
Me: Yes, I am
DD2: Clever girl Mummy . More poos to come, Mummy?? Wipe your bottom, Mummy.

I long for the day when I get to shit in private again (though DD3 is still only a baby so I have this stage to go through again)

notnowbernard · 17/12/2008 23:06

DD2 frequently insists on me calling her Katie

Her name is not Katie

We do not know a Katie

NotanOtter · 17/12/2008 23:08

i like that!

twitteringbirds · 17/12/2008 23:08

Mine watched some of Peter Pan the other day.

At bedtime, he looked at me hopefully and said, "Mummy, can you please put me on the ceiling now?"

ilovelovemydog · 17/12/2008 23:15

DD blames others....

me: Do you need your diaper changed?
dd: no, thank you!
me: um, have you done a poo?
dd: no!!!
me: has the bear done a poo?
dd: Yes!!!!! bear has done a poo!!!!!!!
me: OK, do you want your diaper changed?
dd: no, thank you!
me: would the bear like his diaper changed?
dd: yes please!

NotanOtter · 17/12/2008 23:16

for some reason i get four spoons out when ds has breakfast.....

notnowbernard · 17/12/2008 23:20

She gets quite cross if she is 'in role' and I call her by her real name

DD1 had an imaginary friend but DD2 has decided to take it one step further

ReinDIORdroppings · 17/12/2008 23:22

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SantaKLAWs · 17/12/2008 23:33

DD is 3.6 but earlier in the year we had almost hourly conversations which consisted of:

DD: Mummy's a gural
Me: yes, Mummy's a girl
DD: I a gural
ME: Yes, dd's a girl
DD: daddy's a boy
Me: Yes, Daddy's a boy
DD: Ds's a boy
Me: Yes, Ds's a boy
DD: Woowee's a boy
Me: Yes, Louis's a boy (the cat)
DD: Best friend is a gural
me: Yes, Best Friend's a girl

this would go on ad infinitum, and would go on even if I didn't really contribute to the conversation. I've only just realised due to this thread that we've come out the other side of it.

today we driving in car....
DD: How many do you want?
Me: how many what, sweet pea?
DD: How many?
Me: what are you talking about?
DD: How many you want?
Me: I don't know what you mean, my darling?
DD: you like red ones?
Me: Red what?
DD: You like green?
Me: Yes I like green
DD: You like black?
Me: Yes I like black
DD: You like red?
Me: Yes I like red
DD: You like blue?
Me: Yes I like blue
DD: theres two red ones... we drive past two red cars, so I assume she knew she was talking about cars but it took me that long to cotton on.

We also get continuous MummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummyMummy MummyMummyMummyMummy or else the same few words said over and over and over and over again if I don't answer every single question/statement/request. sometimes i think maybe I shouldn't pander to every single thing she says, but then she wears me down with incessance (is that a real word? brain is fried)

It's peaceful when she sleeps

BTW I LOVE her joie de vivre and especially when strangers smile or remark on it. They tend to want to bottle it for themselves.

Twinklemegan · 17/12/2008 23:55

What a fantastic laugh out loud thread. It's so nice to know it's not just my own personal hell! I love it really though (but then I only get it evenings and weekends - feel sorry for DH!).

expo · 18/12/2008 00:01

DS: Lowwy
Me: Oh yes a Lorry
DS: Wheel
Me: That's right a wheel
Digger
Well done, digger
Lowwy
Oh another lorry
Car
And there's a car
Dan
What's Dan. Oh Van.
Wheel
That's right a wheel
Wheel
Yes wheel
WHEEL
Wheel

ad infinitum - sick of modes of transport

ChirpyGrinch · 18/12/2008 08:30

Ah, we have gone beyond just generic modes of transport.
Thanks to DH taking her ot bike shops with him I get

Look, a bike!
Oh yes
What sort of bike is it?
It's a suzuki.
No, not a suzuki
A Kawasaki then
No, not a Kawasaki
Um..a Honda.
No, not a Honda
A Harley?
Not a Harley, silly mummy
What was it then?
A bike!
Oh, right.
What sort of bike was it mummy?

repeat.

It's even more annoying on the (rare) occasion I actually know what sort of bike it is. Nothing like arguing with a 2 yr old over the fact that the bike that passed you 10 minutes ago was, in actual fact, a honda, even though she is insistent it was Suzuki.
I mean, I don't care, so why does it matter to me!

WhileShosheWatchedHerFlocks · 18/12/2008 08:50

A couple of years ago, 4 mindees in the car, including yearold R.

R : Whatchoo doing
Me : Driving the car
R : Whatchoo doing
Me : Driving the car
R : Whatchoo doing
Me : R what you doing
R : I in the car (quiet voice)
Me : R what you doing
R : I in the car (louder voice)
Me : R what you doing
R : I in the car (shouts, crosses arms, and refuses to speak for remaining car journey)

WhileShosheWatchedHerFlocks · 18/12/2008 08:51

2 year old R

theSuburbanDryad · 18/12/2008 08:55

From ds I get this conversation:

Ds: MAMA!! STUCK!
Me: Where? What's stuck?
Ds: STUCK MAMA!!! WAAAA!
Me: What's stuck? Are you stuck?
Ds: STUCK! JAMMIES!
Me: Yes, I know you're stuck in your jammies. I just put them on you.

or

Ds: STUCK! MAMA! WAAA! STUCK!
Me: Yes, ds, I know you're stuck. You're in the car seat, you're meant to be stuck in it.

or

Ds: Bath. Hot. Hot. Bath.
Me: Yes. It's meant to be hot. It's a bath. You'd complain if it was cold.

NotNow - Ds is convinced his name is Amy. No idea why.

theSuburbanDryad · 18/12/2008 09:20

Oh yes, and we also have

Ds:
Me: What's that darling?
Ds:
Me: Pardon?
Ds:
(repeat several thousand times)
Me: WHAT DO YOU WANT for fuck's sake
Ds: (bottom lip quivering) Cuddle.
Me

Museli · 18/12/2008 09:48

These are hilarous to read! Looking forward to having my first soon..

Btw, my mother told me about conversations I apparently had with her when I was little. She said she eventually realised that turning the question around seemed to do the trick:

Me aged 2: wassat? (pointing at kettle)
Mother: a kettle
Me aged 2: wassat?
Mother: a kettle
Me aged 2: wassat?
Mother: a kettle
Me aged 2: wassat?
Mother: a kettle
Me aged 2: wassat?
Mother: a kettle
Me aged 2: wassat?
Mother: it's a kettle
Me aged 2: wassat?
Mother: it's a KETTLE!
Mother: wassat? (pointing at kettle)
Me aged 2: kettle!

Me aged 2: wassat? (pointing at chair)

etc etc

WugLetItSnow · 18/12/2008 10:18

Oh yes we get the role taking too...

Me - DD can you put your shoes on please
DD - no I am not DD I am mummy, you are DD
Me - OK, mummy will you put these shoes on please
DD - no you are not mummy, I am mummy
Me - OK mummy what do you want me to do?
DD - put your shoes on DD we are going out (in my dreams) more likely to be "no I am mummy" ad infinitum....

chirpy - when I try food variants along the lines of "well we have got snot pie with some sick sauce" I tend to get "Don't be silly mummy you are just messing now. I want something ellllse....."