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[quote=Anonymous]This will sound weird but do you remember the guy in Wayne’s World who would say “I love you man” until the person said “thank you?”

My toddler is like that for parroting back what she is saying. I believe it’s ingrained because they are not good at communicating so they have an evolutionary imperative to confirm you got the message, and said imperative doesn’t work very well.

If my toddler says “I want a banana” and I say “we don’t have any bananas,” you would think my reply confirms I understood the request right?

Somehow, no. It works better if I say “you want a banana. We don’t have any bananas.” And if that is followed by banana related tears, “you really want a banana and we don’t have any, and you are really sad and frustrated that we don’t have any bananas.”

I know it sounds like Instagram parenting bs but I swear it sometimes works.

Also obviously as PPs have noted, never give in on anything. Did you accidentally declare that the TV is off for the day and now you just need ten minutes of peace and you no longer care about brain development? Too bad, you’re dying here on this Bluey hill. Get used to it. [/quote]

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