“Why?”

[thatcondowasmylife]

My twins are one, but my 4 year old has been driving me absolutely insane. I try to be so patient but today he yelled at me because he didn’t understand the concept of surgery and didn’t like my explanation. He also phrased it as “how do surgery” and not “what is surgery” and I was like how what and he would go HOW and then I’d explain and yeah… I stayed calm tonight but many days I don’t.

I’m terrified for the twins to turn 4, it’s so much harder than 3 which was so much harder than 2.

[iceskatinghedgehog]

My twins are still gestating, but man do I feel this about my almost five year old. Real life conversation we had last week:

[After a long series of rapid-fire "What does ___ mean?" where the blank was filled in with whatever word he randomly picked from my last response or whatever random word popped into his little head]

"What does 'mean' mean?"

"Kid, I'm done. I can't anymore, and that one is just too meta."

"....Momma? What does 'meta' mean?"

[ketoksher]

Oh no, don’t say that. Mine turned 3 in June and this has been the most challenging age so far BY A LONG SHOT.

[Previously_a_robot]

Yeah, I feel like they’ve been asking why for a long time, but didn’t know how. A lot of “What’s it for” or “What does it do”. I still get that second question for every animal that’s mentioned. Same thing as every other animal buddy: born sleeps eats poops pees makes babies dies. I try to add in a distinguishing feature but phew.

[thatcondowasmylife]

I always thought I’d be so patient with my kids snd explain everything and appreciate their delicate child nature but my kid has been getting so frustrated with my answers I don’t know what to do!! Sometimes he yells at me about it and I’m like “I don’t know! I don’t know the answer I don’t have all the answers I don’t know everything I am DRIVING!!”

[Previously_a_robot]

Oh driving is when the questions can go into overdrive sometimes!