I have a 4-year-old little boy, and while he is absolutely adorable and cute and sweet, he does some weird things! I would also like to note that as kids get older, these weird things become unacceptable. So I hope he enjoys all this freedom now.
If he puts food in his mouth and chews it partially up and decides he doesn't like it, he promptly spits it out. In a napkin, on his plate on top of other uneaten food, on the table. Where ever! Can you even imagine an adult doing this? No. Only small children do this.
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He runs through the house after his shower yelling with glee "NAKED HUGS!" He tackles his dad or me with his wet little self, laughing hysterically. He's innocent, so he just thinks it's hilarious to get us wet. He'll have to stop that by the time he's old enough to have a girlfriend or her parents will forbid him to come over anymore.
More than one time he has noticed women with decaying teeth and told them about it! I have finally gotten through to him that this hurts people's feelings, but he still very much wants to tell people when they have bad teeth. Ahem, adults comment on people's appearance all the time, so for the love, I hope I can keep teaching my son to internalize his thoughts about people's appearance.
While I've read and been told that it is developmentally normal, his habitual question asking is weird to me. I do not even understand at all how one person can ask so many questions in one day.
"Mom, how can I fly?"
"Porter, you can't fly on your own. You could fly in a plane."
"But why can't I fly?"
"I don't know. You just can't. That's not how God made you."
"But I wish I could fly. Birds can fly. How can birds fly?"
"You're right. They can. I really don't know how birds can fly. They just have wings and they can."
"Well, I think if I take an umbrella and jump off my playground it will help me float softly to the ground."
"No, that doesn't actually work."
"How come? I saw them do it on my show."
So these conversations just go on and on and my brain gets mushy in my skull. I also use Google a lot to answer these questions about how things work or how they are made, but the questions just keep on coming.
He loves video games, mainly Mario. Several times we have been at the park, and he has chased little girls hollering "I'm Bowser, and I'm gonna lock you in my cage." See, I know that's what Bowser does to Princess Peach, but these little girls who've never even seen my son or Super Mario Brothers have no idea what he is talking about and naturally run away from him in horror. Of course, he thought they took the bait and were playing his game, so he ran after them. I've tried to explain to him that not everyone knows about his games and that he can't tell kids he's going to lock them in his cage.
Being his mom is fun, and I enjoy laughing at the weird things he does while also trying to lace some lessons in with the weirdness.
