My baby girl now knows a great word, "NO"!! She now has to say it before she will do or eat or say anything!! It is her automatic response. I could be offering her ice cream and she would tell me NO as she opens her mouth for the spoonful. I can't help but giggle to myself. Out of all the words we share between us she focuses on the negative one. ( maybe it is the frequency of its use, but I still don't think it is THAT imbalanced.)
We sing, talk, read, and play using many great words of praise and delight, but I don't hear her walking around saying I love you, yay, or so pretty! It is NO! So many times I find myslf doing the same thing. I focus on the negative. I could be having a great day but the most minor bad thing happens and my hour if not my afternoon is ruined. I think I would rather be singing my songs and remembering all my playing and joy in the day and quickly forget the Nos and the can'ts!!
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