Language
The verbal stylings of two-year-olds are simply adorable. Until they aren't. Your son's endless repetitions are just one of the many ways a toddler can use his voice to irritate his loving parents. Toddlerhood is about exploration: cause and effect. What he's doing now is part of a natural progression from cooing to babbling, from raspberries to ear-piercing shrieks, and now, to endless questions about Thomas and Friends. If your son has had a big verbal breakthrough the excitement may be especially hard to contain.
He's formulating his own ideas and expressing them, then trying to get a reaction. This is what language is for. Not only is he trying to establish that his observations are correct, he is trying to figure out how the whole verbal communication loop works. If I say this, what happens? Will someone hear me? Will they say something back? What if I keep saying it, over and over again? Will Mommy say something back every time? He may actually be trying to figure out whether it's possible to say something too many times. Will Mommy break out the Angry Voice? ...Read more from Rebecca Odes & Ceridwen Morris
