Shout It Out

My three oldest kids all want iPods. As if there isn't enough communication problems already. Actually the biggest communication problem is with my one year old. And it isn't a lack of communication. That is for certain.

It seems to me that in our advanced age there should be something other than yelling that will move my kids. They are good kids , but unfortunately sometimes I must resort to it, and still I don't know if my point gets across. My one year old gets none of it. He is eternally climbing and grabbing. He knows the elevated purpose of the stool, a box, and a chair. I tell him no (100 times) and then I yell him no. His response is a sonically correct copy of what I just yelled, in baby mimic, which makes it far more interesting than the original. So I've taken to just saying anything...NASDAQ figures, lines to my favorite movies, random word phrases... Just to mix it up a bit. Oh well... like father, like son I guess...at least verbally.

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