MinnieMum

One day I gave my daughter a banana. She started eating it . Daughter - "Oooh Oooh Aaah Aaah" Me  - " Why are you making that sound" Daughter - " Mom  I am a monkey, Oooh Oooh Aaah Aaah!" she said holding the banana.

Counting is one thing that my daughter loves. If you ask her to count something, irrespective of how many things there are she will recite one to ten. I always ask her to count to 20 if I want her to wait, so instead of saying wait for a minute I ask her to count till 20. That works well for both of us. One day I thought I will teach her counting after 20. Me - Twenty one, twenty two .. Daughter - twenty three, twenty four ... She had caught the cue and was counting non stop Daughter - twenty eight, twenty nine, twenty ten , twenty eleven, twenty twelve....

My daughter wanted to watch TV and she was asking for the remote. Me - "I have lost the remote, I cant find it anywhere." Daughter - "The coin is so small and the lake is so deep,  how am I ever going to be able to find it." For two minutes I was just blinking at what she had said. And then realized that, she was saying this because I had said that I  had lost my remote. These are the lines from a Mickey Mouse clubhouse cartoon.

This was a little conversation we had when I was playing with my daughter.  Me - "You are so sweet"  Daughter - "Do you want to eat me? I am sweet”.  And this was asked so earnestly that I could not help but give her a big cuddle.

When my daughter was going to start nursery, I was thinking of starting work again. I was thinking a lot about it but hadn't made up my mind. Its a tough decision leaving your child away for a whole day. So in between I just absentmindedly asked my daughter.  Me - "Shall I go to office?"  Daughter - "No mama its daddy's turn. "  Now I didn't expect that. Well I found a new adviser :)

Its funny how kids interpret the cartoons and animation. My daughter was climbing a ladder. Me – “Don’t climb the ladder , you will fall and hurt yourself”. Daughter – “Then  will I  get stars?” For a moment I didn’t understand which these stars were. It then dawned on me, that in the animation movies and cartoons , stars are shown when someone gets hurt or bumps their head. I couldn’t help laughing at this. Similarly when I was kissing her she asked me ” Mom are you giving me hearts?” I said no I am giving you kisses. And then realized , if you actually picture it in an animation movie, when the characters kiss, hearts are shown.

My daughter who calls herself Mickey learnt the magic word “Please”. So anything she wants she uses her magic word and here is what happened when I tried to use it too. :) Mickey – Mom give me paint. Me – Not now we have to go to bed. Mickey – Mom give me paint please. Me – No Mickey – I used the magic word, now give me Me – Please Mickey we have to go to bed. Mickey – No its my magic word , you cant use it. Well you never expected this reply!!

When your baby takes its first steps you as a parent feel proud at this immense achievement and definitely its the happiest milestone in your life. But speaking is a gradual process and a wonderful journey for you and your child as you discover how a language is learned. You marvel at the way your child picks up words and are amazed when it forms complete sentences.  Its a lovely time when kids start speaking and each day is a discovery of amazing anecdotes. I am a mother of a 3 year old daughter who is big fan of mickey mouse. She calls herself Mickey and I am her Minnie and daddy is Goofy. With this blog  I would love to share her anecdotes with you all.