The real reason kids for non-stop asking 'what's that'

[gigismummy]

I've discovered children are trying to expand their vocabulary when they say what's that all the time. For example, when dd starts whats thating at something like the window I respond with: its a window frame, its the glass, its frosted, the rim is bevelled, it's made in a factory etc... and I've found using this technique works wonders. She immediately stops asking because I've given her lots of new vocabulary.

lucky you - my DS's then want to know how it's made in the factory, and why they make it in a factory, and where did the wood/gass/plastic come from before it got to the factory

She probably stops asking because of information overload.

It always worked with DS.

(What's that Mummy? It's a bus. Why? Well it's a contraction of omnibus which is the original word that was used when vehicles similar to these first came about. Omnibus itself is derived from.........etc)

yeah tried it

doesn't work here