I am starting to think I need to convert myself to MP3. Those things never skip, repeat themselves or get stuck in some kind of strange cycle. I usually sound like a broken record or one of those scratched CDs that never stop repeating the same words or verse over and over and over and over again.
“Little Man Please turn the light off”
Blank Stare
“Little Man Please turn the light off”
Blank Stare
“Little Man, TURN. THE. LIGHT. OFF. PLEASE.”
“Light turns off”
Now really. Selective hearing is getting the best of me.
“Husband/Daddy, Please DO NOT leave cups beside the bed”
“Husband/Daddy, Please DO NOT leave cups beside the bed”
“Husband/Daddy, Please DO NOT leave cups beside the bed”
“Husband/Daddy, Please DO NOT leave cups beside the bed”
And… we are on year 5 of me asking him to remove the cups he uses from beside the bed….. and still…. cups beside the bed. In fact, there are some there right now…. I have half a mind to put them all under the blankets on his side of the bed….
Between the two of them I feel as though I am on repeat constantly! Is it a boy thing?! OR, do I have to look forward to engaging in this with Baby Girl too later in life.. in which case I will have 3 people that I am consistently reminding of something?! If that is the case I swear to goodness I am just going to record the things I usually have to repeat and then just press play whenever something needs to be said….
Maybe I will make a song of all the things I repeat in a day and put it on repeat ALL DAY as loud as I can… it will probably be one of those Jazzy speaky techno songs that is just me talking to a beat:
“Turn the light off when you’re done in a room,
Don’t forget to always put away the broom,
Take the cups off the table beside the bed,
Don’t jump in the shower or you will bump your head,
Your dirty socks don’t belong on the floor they belong in the basket,
Stop talking with your mouth full before I blow a gasket,
Inside voice you don’t have to yell everything you say,
Get back into bed it’s not your time to play…. “
Of course there are more things that I repeat all the time, however I think you get the just and hey….It might be catchy and effective. I may just try it… but I will have to get it on MP3 so it doesn’t skip.