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Jan 13, 2015Jul 11, 2015

Life With My Boy: Yes or No!

It was a lovely Sunday Morning, I was in the kitchen cutting vegetables that had been toughened by the Harmattan in Lagos, when my toddler walked in. We got talking and the conversation progressed to this:

Me: So Ikem do you want to drink Tea?

I wasn’t looking at him when I asked, so I repeated the question and turned to see him nod his head. Feeling like a good mother, I decided to teach him some grammar:

Me: Ikem, don’t nod your head okay? You need to answer Yes or No.

Son: Okay.

Me: So do you want Tea?

Son: Yes or No!

Lol! I just burst into laughter and left the boy alone.

Grammar ko, Oyibo ni.

Oct 21, 2014Jul 11, 2015

Life With My Boy: All Men are the Same!

Yes o! They are. Check out this scenario.

My Sister was playing with my son and next he said something like;

“Aunty I like your nails. Beauriful”

Turned out my sister was wearing lovely pink nail polish on her nails. I was amazed he noticed and I checked my nails by reflex (I shouldn’t have bothered, I rarely wear nail polish).

So just like every other man around him, my son also appreciates beautiful things in women. Lol

Anyway, I decided to paint my nails too (hoping he would notice) and guess what happens?

Yes, the picture says it all. My toddler also decided to get his nail painted and would not let me be, until I dabbed some polish on his nails.

Did he notice my lovely nails? I don’t think so, he was too busy showing off his own!

“Mummy, see my nails, beauriful”

There you go! Maybe I shouldn’t have bothered with the nail painting afterall.

Lol.

Oct 19, 2014Jul 11, 2015

Life With My Boy: Meet my Twin!

Found my semi-siamese twin after decades of existence. I call him semi-siamese because we are not permanently joined together but he sure can be a tag – a – long

‘Mummy I want to carry you’

What he actually means is ‘Mummy carry me’.

And then he follows me around the house; from the sitting room, to the kitchen and to the bedrooms and when I finally escape into the ‘ladies’ or the bathroom, guess who’s knocking at the door? Yeah right!

My boy would step in my shoes, try to wear my clothes and then we share my Orange wristwatch. I wear it to work, and he takes over when I get home.

But I have 2 magical words for severing all ties:
Word Number 1: It’s time to bathe
Word Number 2: Time to Sleep

My toddler suddenly disappears and I end up being the one to look for him. LOL.

What’s your experience with the little ones in your life?

Oct 16, 2014Dec 22, 2015

Life With My Boy: Princess Sophia The Bully

I remember one certain day, my 2 and a half year old son was watching Princess Sophia the First. He came to me trying to say something, I was finally able to deduce what he was saying. The following conversation ensued;

Mom: Oh, you like Princess Sophia the First?
Son: Yes
Mom: Tell me about her
Son: Mummy, Pwincess Sophia beating me…

Okay now… Toddlers and their claim. If I spoke sternly to him, he would run to his Daddy and say Mummy is beating me and vice versa.

I wonder who he would be reporting next… Mickey Mouse, maybe.

Oct 15, 2014Jul 18, 2015

Life with my boy

My son is at that stage where toddlers say no to everything. Check out our conversation:
Mum: Ikem, sit down
Son: No, I not sit down
Mum: Okay, keep standing
Son: I not standing ( meanwhile he’s standing) phew!

At another time…

Mum: It’s time to bathe
Son: I not take ma bat
Mum: Ikem let’s get ready for school
Son: I not go to school (we finally get dressed)
Mum: Ikem, come and eat
Son: Okay! I’m coming!!!

Lol, what happened to ‘No, I not eat my food?!’

Just wondering….