The N Word

Elijah has learned how to say "no."

Crap.

I'm not entirely sure he understands the full meaning of it yet. Sometimes he will just be talking to himself saying "nooooo, noooooo, nooo." Sometimes I will tell him "no!" and he will respond "no!" Sometimes I will say something random to him and he will say "no." And sometimes he will start to do something that he knows is wrong and he will tell himself "no." So, I'm really not sure what he thinks about the word.

Whatever it is that he thinks about it, I am simply not ready for him to use that word. I was under the impression that the "no" stage came along with the terrible twos... Oh wait, Elijah is in the terrible twos right now! But how can that be, he's only 16 months! That's right, the terrible twos really last about a total of 3 years, they just don't tell you that until there's nothing you can do about it!

Elijah is definitely learning how to be a stinker and if he's anything like his daddy (which he is, in every way, shape, and form) then he is going to be very, very good at it :-P. But then again he is the cutest, smartest, sweetest, funniest kid in the world so I guess he can be as big a stinker as he wants and I will still love him to death! :-)