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Someone once told me about the experience of being a waitress for a table of people who were all taking an assertiveness training class. Apparently it took forever to get through the ordering process because each person would aggressively announce his or her desire and then forcefully change his or her mind several times before finally settling.
At the moment, it is as if Sebastian is engaging in his own sort of assertiveness training, although it wouldn't have been the first course I would sign him up for, given the choice.
Sebastian did not speak early, though is comprehension is excellent but now that speech has arrived, in more of a flood than a trickle, it turns out he has not been silently contemplating or engaging in the sort of quiet internal debates I thought I was observing. No. As it turns out, he has been impatient with everything.
No. I am not wearing a coat.
I want to go home. I want to go home now! (Generally said when he is at home.)
Mommy, go away.
Mommy, go to the gym. (He's right on that one. I should be there more often.)
That's not funny. (He's usually wrong there.)
I don't like that.
Months ago, I had been warned that with language comes a bit of "oppositional behavior" but I was unprepared for the volume of argument and the depth to which this kid is willing to go to prove his point. Happily, there are a number of possible careers that involve this sort of skill set, and I can always bludgeon manners into him.
I can, that is, unless I have some sort of conniption from the incessant "Why," which he has also embraced. Isn't he a little ahead of the game on that? How long does the "why" phase end? And I have tried answering "why" with a question. That does nothing to shut down the "why" quiz.
posted by Elise at 11:02 AM
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