I cannot make this kid stop spitting.
She does it all the time…when she’s happy, sad, bugged, hungry, tired…the only time she’s not spitting is when there’s a plug in her mouth. Unfortunately, her mom and I agree, the plug is slowing down her speech. She’s completely consonant free. Even without the plug, she’s grunting vowels through her nose.
Or spitting.
Did I mention she’s a magician? The kid can find a pencil in an empty room and color all over the walls before you even realize she’s in there. We pick up every night. We pick up every morning. We vaccuum every day. We sweep every day. And yet…
Boy: Here’s a pencil I got from GB1 (Girl Baby 1).
Me: Thanks, Boy.
Girl: Here’s a pen I got from GB1.
Me: Thanks, Girl.
Blair: I just took this marker away from GB1. I thought we didn’t own markers.
Me: We don’t.
Me: AHHHH! GB1! Drop that crayon!
GB1: (Spits) Then says: ” Eh uh aeuh iue yuehuh eh?”
Me: No spitting.
One of the problems with the spitting is that the Baby Gang has all learned to spit and adopted this as some kind of gang sign. They use it to greet each other. The other kids however, have learned that the spit can also be like a warning shot. Baby spits right before he/she wipes his/her nose on you, sits on you while smelling of unmentionable substances, or throws his/her toy in your face.
The problem with the pencil/pen/marker/crayon thing is obvious. NO GRAFFITI IN THE HOUSE. I’m like the freaking school janitor, showing up at the crack of dawn every morning to clean the gang signs and obscenities off the lockers.
Or was that just my high school….?
The Baby Gang is growing up. Soon they will all be 2. And by soon, I mean, at the end of this month, all THREE OF THEM TURN 2!
What kind of Gang is that? I admit, I’m scared. Three two-year-olds? At the same time? In my house? Oh sure it was all fun and games when they were learning to walk and starting to drink out of cups…but now…
*shudder*
I hate to even mention this, but we talking about:
P O T T Y T R A I N I N G
And the ability to flush things down the toilet.
Like pens. And pencils. And crayons. Oh my.
I feel your pain. By the way, you may know this anyway, white toothpaste and/or magic eraser, can take graffiti, including crayon and permanent marker, off walls.