Miss E is growing into a fantastic big sister for Miss M. I’ve noticed it more and more over the 6 week holidays as her and Miss M have spent more time together. She is patient, gentle, sets things at a pace suitable for M and explains things to her in a really lovely way. I’m not saying she’s perfect or anything, I mean they have their moments, but just that the way their relationship is developing makes me happy, the fact that they actually like each other as well as love.
I often think when a child is struggling to understand something new it is better for the explanation to come from another child as they seem to listen more closely. I don’t know if it’s that the older child is able to get closer to the younger one’s level having been there not so long ago themselves, or if it’s just that big sisters are so much cooler than mummies and therefore much more interesting to listen to.
Miss E is also generally very good at second guessing what Miss M is talking about, again maybe because it’s not that long since she was in the slightly incoherent stage herself. But sometimes, it all goes a bit wrong…
Sighhh, don’t you just love 3 year olds?
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September 12th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
YES. Love the three year olds. This morning mine was just up for the day, getting dressed with his dad. He said, “I just told my butt not to toot at you, Daddy.”
uuum…thanks! How considerate right?
September 12th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Kids definitely listen better to other kids, and they’ll try things once they see bigger kids doing it, too.
I kinda caught her drift, too, though.
I wonder what that says about me?!
September 12th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Oh I just *love* to ziggety zing before I put me some clothes on. You mean you never ziggety zang? You ain’t lived girl…
September 12th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
queen of hearts definitely knows what the thrower is saying *way* more than i do sometimes. it used to be that only i kind of got it, but now that she’s taught him *her*speak… it’s all gone a bit funny.
i gotta teach that boy americanese.
September 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
I love watching the relationship between sisters blossom. It’s the sweetest thing.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I seem to remember that I knew what my sister meant when she talked gibberish. I always had an ear for languages.
September 13th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Heather of the EO, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh my Bob that is priceless.
Sybil it says you should be a translator for mad people.
Crazy Cath, I used to ziggety zing but there was chaffing so I tend to ziggety zang now instead.
Holl, Americanese is always useful, but Queenese is probably much cuter.
Maria it is isn’t it? I love it.
Irene, maybe that’s what it means, fabulous. When my niece had some speech problems not so long ago Miss M was able to understand her completely and looked at us like we were mad when we were unsure.
September 13th, 2008 at 7:03 am
makes sense to me!
September 13th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Ani and Eli used to have whole conversations in their baby language that I couldn’t understand at all….it was like watching two biddies over tea.
Love your kids…didn’t get to comment on the boob radio. Some comprehensive catalogues you have over there…..
September 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
You have the funniest three year old on the face of planet earth.