Mama, May I....

During the recent US trip, I decided to make Declan ask for his things in a full sentence instead of his regular "Mama, XXX please!". So the question he asked most frequently was for his banana. As fans of Declan (haha) probably know, his favourite fruit is the banana, so everytime he wanted one (or sometimes even a bite), he would have to go "Mama, May I eat banana please?". Of course the whole sentence needed some prompting. He said it so often that it became his default question! So it was really funny seeing him go "Mama, May I eat banana please?" even though he wanted to eat bread.

And in all honesty, I think it's worked very well. He now goes "Mama, May I.... please?" when I tell him to ask nicely.

I was pleasantly surprised to hear him forming his own sentences, eg.
Dec: Mama, eat egg please!
Me: Declan, ask nicely please. Full sentence.
Dec: Mama, May I eat egg please?

You know... I should make a note on the sentences he forms actually... hmm...

Kids say the darnest things

"Declan don't want to squeeze!"
This was Declan's first complete sentence. I wanted him to poop into the toilet bowl and this boy actually insisted that he did not want to! This happened quite some time back already.

Then just now, he asked, "Mama, can I play iPhone please?
A perfect sentence in first person nonetheless!

Which only means one thing. With the RIGHT motivation, our kids can do wonders.

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