Waiting

No signs of baby yet.

In the meantime, I feel I should warn everybody that Molly has a new favorite word and you're likely to hear it when you see us next. She really likes to say, "stupid."

She doesn't fully understand what it means. She uses it more like a curse word, spitting out the consonants when she gets frustrated or angry about something (blocks that won't stay stacked, a drawing that doesn't come out the way she wants, when Mommy's wrist won't spin 360 degrees to grip a toy cup just right, etc). Occasionally she says, "I'm so stupid" or "Mommy's stupid," but usually she just spits out "stupid" and collapses on the floor. Also, she occasionally says things like, "this paper hates me." And she has a real negative streak lately. After any activity where she's clearly having a great time, she reports that it was not fun. It was BAD. What did she like best about it? NOTHING. Did she sleep well? No, BAD. What was the best part about story time? NOTHING. (sigh).

We try not to laugh or get upset. In fact, we try not to react at all (except when she calls me stupid -- then Mommy's feelings get hurt and I have to leave the room).

Fortunately her crankiness never lasts long. And in some ways this is more interesting than when she just collapsed on the floor screaming or the foot stomping phase. Still, I'm just dreading the day she calls some kid in a play group "stupid." So be warned!