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ARR’s Three Rules
Jan. 13th, 2015 09:23 amARR seems to have a general understanding of rules, and there are some he just implicitly obeys and some he giggles when he breaks, but only three that he’s actually articulated to us.
The first is “No throw peas at mommy.” This comes from his copy of Foodie Babies Wear Bibs, which includes a scene of a baby pitching a spoonful of peas towards his or her mother. Repeated readings of the book, with appropriate admonishments from Jethrien, led him to absorb this rule. However, he is terrible at generalizing, so this doesn’t apply to, say, throwing peas at daddy or throwing noodles at mommy.
The second rule is, as the old song goes, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed.” As jumping is one of the few physical activities that ARR shows very little interest in, this rule has yet to be thoroughly tested on human subjects.
The third rule is “Aiden no bite.” This was the big topic of conversation after an incident at daycare when another boy somehow managed to bite ARR on the shoulder blade. Normally, the teachers try not to reveal the names of hitters/biters to limit acrimony between parents, but the kids are getting old enough and smart enough to know what’s going on. I even learned who Aiden was a few days later, when I went to pick ARR up and another boy came over to try to play with him. ARR indicated the boy and said, “Aiden no bite.” The boy looked at ARR and replied, “No bite [ARR].”
I can’t wait to see what he absorbs as rule #4.
The first is “No throw peas at mommy.” This comes from his copy of Foodie Babies Wear Bibs, which includes a scene of a baby pitching a spoonful of peas towards his or her mother. Repeated readings of the book, with appropriate admonishments from Jethrien, led him to absorb this rule. However, he is terrible at generalizing, so this doesn’t apply to, say, throwing peas at daddy or throwing noodles at mommy.
The second rule is, as the old song goes, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed.” As jumping is one of the few physical activities that ARR shows very little interest in, this rule has yet to be thoroughly tested on human subjects.
The third rule is “Aiden no bite.” This was the big topic of conversation after an incident at daycare when another boy somehow managed to bite ARR on the shoulder blade. Normally, the teachers try not to reveal the names of hitters/biters to limit acrimony between parents, but the kids are getting old enough and smart enough to know what’s going on. I even learned who Aiden was a few days later, when I went to pick ARR up and another boy came over to try to play with him. ARR indicated the boy and said, “Aiden no bite.” The boy looked at ARR and replied, “No bite [ARR].”
I can’t wait to see what he absorbs as rule #4.
