I was recently reading Iain a book which he was greatly enjoying when he suddenly burst into tears and collapsed on the floor. I had no idea what was wrong with him, so I picked him and we kept reading the book. He seemed fine. He wanted to read again, so we did:
"A cow says, 'Moo.'
A sheep says, 'Baa.'
Three dancing pigs say 'La, La, La'".
He was laughing by this point, because I am quite the dramatic reader. Then, as I read the next line I realized what caused Iain's melt down.
"'No, No, you say, the pigs say 'Oink!'"
Apparently I'd made the "no, no" part a bit too dramatic. The poor baby thought he was in trouble! Brian and I had a good laugh over that and I now read that part of the book in a much more subdued tone. At least he understands the word "no". You wonder how much they get it sometimes.
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We have that book,so this post is very funny to me. I guess I'm not that dramatic, though, because none of my children have ever cried when I read it.
Video. Video. Video.
Clearly the child is going to need therapy. Bad Mommy!
That is so funny.
I agree this call for the video camera! LOL Poor baby, us mommies giggling about what was traumatic!
I thought it was funny too. It was one of those spontaneous things, so I don't have a video. I suppose I could try to make him cry again, but...
i remember doni telling me of these kinds of things with her little ones.. wonder if she still has the volume down on that part of their camping video that always made ty cry?
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