Is it OK for your kid to impress you?

My kid impresses me on a regular basis. I don’t want to tell her this too often because I do not want her to get a big head but since she is barely 20 months old I think its okay that I feel this way without the worry that she is going to get a fat head and be unbearable to live with.

I am just totally impressed at the “concepts” she is getting. Yesterday as I picked her up from daycare and was strapping her into her car-seat Sophia pointed at the driver’s seat and said, “Mama’s chair.” I smiled big and told her, “good girl, yes that is Mama’s chair.” She looked at me for a second, looked at the front passenger seat, looked back at me, pointed to it, and stated, “Dada’s chair” This made me laugh because Abel swears that the driver side is his side but obviously his daughter is smarter than he and has realized the truth: WOMEN DRIVER’S ROCK.

What happened this morning is the reason the question that is the subject of this post came to me. Like I do every morning I walked into Sophia’s room and got her clothes, diaper, etc set up as she stood in her crib and watched me while chatting to me about all of her toys and shoes. When I asked her if she was ready to get up, instead of saying yes, she pointed behind her to her sheet and said, “wet”. Clear as day. Wet. Baby speak for, “Mom, you better change my sheets before bedtime tonight.” I don’t know why that impressed me so much but it did! And when I asked her how it got wet she looked down and patted the front of her diaper through her pajamas. It was so funny and cute!

I am one easily impressed Mama!