This is my life.
My baby brother was born when I was 18. No he is NOT my son, I didn’t get pregnant and hav emy first child until 6 years later. However, I was dating my now hubsand at the time and we often discussed my parents’ parenting styles and since we often babysat my baby brother and since I was going to college for education and special education, we had rather strong opinions on why he did what he did and how to handle it.
Namely, my baby brother would say something 20 times when he wanted your attention. We were both sure it was because everyone was always busy and didn’t listen to him the first time. We determined that we would NOT allow that to happen to our children.
And we haven’t, and yet here we are with a third child, a boy child, who looks EXACTLY like his uncle did at that age (10 years ago) and who has the same mannerisms, and who REPEATS HIMSELF CONSTANTLY. It drives us both insane. Especially since we have tried to keep the ignoring thing from happening.
Issac: Mommy.
Mommy: Yes?
Issac: Mommy? Mommy. Mommy!
Mommy: Issac I already answered you, what do you want?
Issac: Mommy? Mommy, can I have a ….?
Mommy: Sigh.
My only hope is knowing that my baby brother did grow out of it.
It’s pretty amazing what you know about parenting before you’re actually a parent, right? And how much less you know afterward?
Baby Blues is my life.
— SJ
My niece does the same thing, but I’ve realized that she does it until she sees that you are really listening and then will continue to do it, almost unknowingly, until she gets the answer she wants, or phrases the question exactly right. She can be very persistent!
I remember those days…hey, wait, mine have not outgrown that yet. It was yesterday.
My 3yo does this sometimes too and also will ask the same question until she gets the answer she wants, or finally realizes that she’s not going ot get the answer she wants. I feel your pain!
My son does this too. And my daughter. I have to stop, look at them, answer each “Mommy” or it is “Mommy, Mommy!”
Heather, you are incredible with all that you accomplish…
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I know that feeling that you are describing here!
I thought the Mommymommymommy thing was a phase, not a personality. We’ll see, but I hear this all day long.
Ahhhhh….it happens here too. And the “huhs?” are equally annoying. As in, “Mom, may I go outside?”
“Yes, you may.”
“Huh? What did you say?”
It drives my hubby batty. LOL
Light is way worse about it than Grace ever was. Grace talks constant and will repeat the same story like a senile senior citizen but she doesn’t sit and yell Mommy over and over again. Light does and when you try to ignore it she just gets worse.
Grace talks constantly and will repeat the same story over and over again like a senile senior citizen but she doesn’t sit and yell Mommy over and over again
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Only one of mine does this…I’ve always wondered why. I’m generally attentive and try to answer them quickly. Maybe it’s a phase (I hope).
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Maybe it is a boy thing. Our oldest daughter would repeat what we would say. For instance. I would say “Put the book on the shelf, then she would say “Put the book on the shelf” and do it. Sometimes she would mouth what I was saying as I was saying it, and repeat what I said or part of what I said. Our son a 16 months younger would repeat everything he said, and would ask me to repeat what I said. So I would say “Put the book on the shelf” and he would say “What?” and I would repeat it. There were a few years I thought I would go crazy. I would tell people and them, “I have one kid who repeats everything I say and one kid who makes me repeat everything I say”. And the saving grace is, they do grow out of it (kind of).
My 4yo does this exact thing. It’s exasperating, I feel you pain. No answers, though. Just prayers. 🙂