Opposites & "Mommy's Egg"

Do you know why toddlers are so good and fast at learning their opposites? It's because they live by that principle. Examples:

Mom: Josh, get down from there.
Josh: No. Josh get up from there.

Mom: I'm going to turn the light on.
Josh: I turn the light off.

Mom: Josh, use your spoon when you eat.
Josh: I use fingers.

(Ok, that last one wasn't necessarily an opposite, but it is to a toddler. If he's not using a spoon or fork, he eats with his fingers...makes sense to me!)

And the last word...
The first thing that Josh does when he wakes up in the morning is run into my room, climb up on my bed, and lift up my shirt to see "mommy's BIG egg". I told him that mommy is carrying "an egg" for the baby to live in until he's ready to come out. It seemed to be the easiest way to explain my bulging belly. (By the way, did you know he has a baby brother in his belly, too?)

Anyway, he rubs my belly and says "soft" and things like "baby budder, come out!" And I say, "not quite yet". His response, "6 more weeks". I think it's precious. I have high hopes of him being the best brother in the world.