There is something so pure and innocent about how toddlers express themselves. How honest and literal they can be. Even in the most inappropriate places.

(Sitting in a restaurant)
Toddler: Mommy, I haf a burger in my nose. I pick it wif my finger, k?”

You have to love the honesty there.

As I watch the day-to-day discoveries of my 2.5-year old, there never seems to be a dull moment. Lately her vocabulary seems to multiply daily as she tries to formulate sentences to better articulate her needs and emotions. And if she doesn’t know what something is, she’ll ask “whaz dis mommy?” Then once I tell her the name of something, that’s it. It’s stuck. She’ll remember it from then on, and often times share her knowledge with others.

Ella: “Look daddy! Deez are ‘Fish Dicks’.

Dadisode: *raises brow* Fish…. what?

Me: *giggles and whispers* Dude, she can’t pronounce the ’s’ sound yet-”fish s-t-i-c-k-s.” Just nod your head.

Proudly she’ll go on her merry way saying her newly found words over and over. It’s even more exciting when she can use them in the proper context. And since our current world revolves around potty training, you can only imagine how she squeals with delight when she successfully describes what business she’s taken care of on the toilet.

The toddler has been poop trained since she was about 18 months, so she learned to word “poo” long ago. However, “pee” is still a rather obscure word on her vocabulary list. She often fails to tell us when she needs to go, and will sometimes even run away if you ask her if she needs go. However, something happened for the first time last week.

Toddler: *running to bathroom* Mommy, I gotz to go potty!

Me: “Okay sweetie, hold it and wait for me!

*Places toddler on potty to do her business*

Toddler: Mommy I went pee-pee poo-poo…

Me: *excited smile* You did both?

Toddler: *laughing* Nooooo. I went Pee-Poo!

Me: Huh? You went pee-pee or poo-poo?

Toddler: I went PEE- POO!!!!!!!!!

Me: Ugh! Just lean forward and let me wipe.

*peeks into the potty*

Me: Uhhhhh!!! You had DIARRHEA!

*sigh*

Guess we’ve added a new word to the vocabulary list…