Purple Is A Fruit: Rhymes with "mooing"

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Rhymes with "mooing"

One of Riley's favorite phrases lately is "Doing?" As in, "Doing, Mommy? Doing?"

Wow, the more I type that the more it looks like it should rhyme with 'boing', but it's do-ing, as in "WHAT ARE YOU DOING MOMMY HUH HUH HUH HUH DOING DOING DOING DOING?"

Here's me, all day long:

"I'm cooking dinner, Riley."

"I'm putting garbage in the garbage bag, Riley."

"I'm feeding the cat, Riley."

"I'm losing my damn mind over here, Riley, can you maybe say something else?"

(Riley, switching gears slightly after hearing a noise outside: "What was dat, Mommy? What was DAT?")

I love that my kid is talking so much and we're actually able to communicate on a fairly sophisticated level (well, comparatively, I mean we aren't sitting around discussing the finer points of Coen brothers movies or anything but it's a nice change from the caveman-esque grunts, screams, and arm gestures that defined the 18 Month Zone), but duuuuude. Doing. Doing. Doing.

The upside, though, is that Riley can now be programmed to pester JB. "Psssst," I'll say to him. "Go ask Daddy what he's doing." And off he'll run.

"DOING, DADDY? DOOOOOING?"

Sure, that may sound mean, but JB is the one who taught Riley to "slime" Mommy (ie, wipe his mouth and nose on my pants). I think I deserve some major retaliation for that one.

Posted by Linda S. on 11/27/2007 | Permalink

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Comments

ROFL. Oh, motherhood. :p

Q asks me, "What happened, mommy?" every time I swear, grunt, mutter under my breath, etc. About the LAST moment I want to be explaining it to him.

Posted by: Mandie | 11/27/2007 at 12:07 PM

Zoe is constantly asking that too. "Mommy, doing?" followed by "Zoe doing too?"

Posted by: Colleen | 11/27/2007 at 12:12 PM

That's great! "Go ask Daddy what he's doing"

I was actually thinking the other day how weird it is that I can have actual conversations with Eric, and how it goes from one day they are babbling at you and the next you're discussing the movie you're watching.

Posted by: Eric's Mommy | 11/27/2007 at 12:19 PM

Hee! My mom always tells me that once I learned the word "that" it was all I said. "That, Mommy?" "That?" I'd point at everything I saw, "That?"

Posted by: chellebird | 11/27/2007 at 12:22 PM

Ah the old child used as a middle for evil doing - it is an age old to perfected by every parent!

Posted by: Christina | 11/27/2007 at 12:23 PM

I am really, really sorry that I laughed at the "slime you" paragraph. I realize you probably can't see the humor in it, but in the long list of ways I can get even with my husband for his allergy to laundry, I think getting our future child to slime him is a good place to start. ('Cause, hell, if I have to wash the clothes anyway, I may as well be in charge of what's dirtying them up.)

Posted by: She Likes Purple | 11/27/2007 at 12:29 PM

We call this the baby-pedo age. You can load up the kid with instructions and send them off to their other parent just like a little torpedo. It's an endless source of relief in our house.

Posted by: ktjrdn | 11/27/2007 at 12:32 PM

Oh yes, we are in the "Whats dat?" phase...it's great but some times it gets grating when you hear it 50 billion times a day.

Completely off topic but was wondering what type of stroller you are planning to use once the baby is born. I know you have the bugaboo but are you thinking about a double stroller? Curious to hear your thoughts as I will be in the same boat in May.

Posted by: Melissa | 11/27/2007 at 01:17 PM

Can he BE any cuter? I mean between the "too freaky" and now the "doing," I just can't stand it anymore.

Posted by: samantha jo campen | 11/27/2007 at 02:09 PM

Haha..I totally did that last night with a poopy diaper. 'go see what daddy's doing' Worked like a charm Love it.

Posted by: robin | 11/27/2007 at 02:10 PM

Wait'll he adds the dreaded "WHY."

... "Mommy what are you doing?"
"I'm feeding the cat."
"Why? Why? Whyyyy?"

Posted by: Jennifer | 11/27/2007 at 02:20 PM

Lilia's most obnoxious saying is "I want dis." She whines it over and over "I want diiiiiiiis" as you're making her waffles or whatever. I'M GIVING IT TO YOU, GODDAMMIT.

Posted by: Liz | 11/27/2007 at 05:34 PM

Am I really the only person who read the title of this post in your widget thingy and thought the post was going to be about pooing? Yes? Oh. Carry on.
(As per usual, Riley is the cutest kid on the block)

Posted by: Kathie | 11/28/2007 at 01:52 AM

LOVE that you are foisting him off on JB. Awesome. Sophie finally exited her "why, mama?" stage, only to start in on "Mama, what are we gonna do?" Seriously, this drives me bonkers.

Posted by: Kristin H | 11/28/2007 at 05:24 AM

These days pass so quickly...I remember thinking "What I wouldn't give for ten minutes of quiet around here," as Alex was a real talker. There were times I would say, "Alex, can you just be quiet for me so that I can think my own thoughts for a bit?" After 20 seconds he would say, "Are you done with your own thoughts yet?" My thoughts ran (unvoiced) like this: Sure, buddy, 20 seconds of my own thoughts, that should wrap it up for the entire day! People would tell me that it would pass so quickly and then they would hit the teen years and not want to talk much at all...there were days that I thought "bring it on," (I truly love my children but there were days one just wanted some quiet moments!) and felt that day would never come with Alex, my non-stop, 50 million questions a day kid. Guess what? It happened. He talks still, but at 15, the silence is deafening at times...enjoy it now...they were all right, it does pass too quickly. BTW...Riley is just so adorable.

Posted by: Kayte | 11/28/2007 at 06:15 AM

Ohhh, I was a "what's that?" child. I'm sure it drove my mother nuts. My uncles still tell stories about the non-stop questions I would ask. I was LEARNING, is that so bad? (Mom: Yes. Shut up, kid. We're all done learning today. Come back tomorrow.)

Posted by: Daily Tragedies | 11/28/2007 at 07:14 AM

Kathie -- that's what I thought, too. And yet, I clicked over here.

Posted by: Daily Tragedies | 11/28/2007 at 07:15 AM

Tommy asks that too, "Doing, Daddy?" but thankfully he doesn't ask it non-stop. He does sometimes ask "Whass dat?" several times in a row, pointing at something that could be anything, but doesn't take it to extremes. A couple of weeks ago, though, he was driving me nuts. We had a tech from our heating company out to fix our heat pump, and I explained to Tommy that the man was here to fix the heater. Then for the next ten minutes, he walked around saying in a very anxious voice, "I don't know... [how to] fix a [the] heater." Over and over and over again. How many times can you say, "It's OK, that's why that man is here" before you lose your mind? Little kids are so weird sometimes.

Posted by: Jessica | 11/28/2007 at 10:07 AM

Liz, I totally thought "pooing" too.

Daily Tragedies, that is awesome that he's concerned that he can't fix the heater. Maybe he'll take it to heart and learn so you don't have to pay the service tech anymore.

My Mom told me I'd be sorry when T learned to talk, but all I could think was, it was so awesome when she'd cry about something and then be able to tell me WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG!!

Posted by: Brooke | 11/28/2007 at 04:19 PM

Elizabeth is doing the same thing. She pronounces it "Doo-ween?"

Posted by: Swistle | 12/03/2007 at 10:05 PM