Zachary has taken to asserting his “bigness” on Benjamin.
I will catch him every once in awhile wacking him with something, knocking him over, pushing his head into the floor, etc.
So, I say…
“ZACHARY! Don’t hurt Benjamin! When you [fill in the blank] it hurts him! You need to be a nice big brother and be careful.”
Today, he replied.
“I tant.”
“You can’t?”
“I tant.”
“You can’t? You can’t what?”
“I tant beeg brudder.”
“You can’t be a nice big brother?”
“No, I tant, mama.”
” I baby doo!”
“You’re a baby too?”
“Yeaaah.”
“That’s right, your mama’s baby too.”
“But you still can’t hurt Benjamin!!”
all of these are precious stories…i love imagining them talking…