Preschooler monologue

I think most preschoolers come to the stage where they repeat questions over and over and over until the people around them lose all semblance of sanity. Well. Precious has arrived.

But, I have a solution! I don't answer her after the first time! Well, at least I try not to. I'm not sure if she's finding out if I'll change my mind, or just trying to fill the silence. Both personality tendencies are in the family, especially the one about filling silence.

Here's what a typical conversation in the car sounds like.

"Mommy, can I have my gun-glasses?"

"No, honey. We left them at the store, and we don't have them anymore."

"Mommy, can I have my gun-glasses?"

[silence]

[question repeats four more times, until...]

"Mommy, can I have my gun-glasses? Oh. Okay."


Variation- in the car while Mommy is busy with driving tasks or letting Bubby suck on her finger with her right shoulder hyperextended to the other side of the row behind her.

"Mommy, may I have some water?"

"Yes, honey, in just a minute."

"Mommy, may I have some water?"

"Yes, in a minute."

[Question repeats several more times. Mommy forgets that she promised water, because she doesn't hear Precious anymore. She's also stopped answering, because she does not hear Precious. The I-didn't-hear-you phenomenon still baffles New Daddy.]

The last-ditch attempt
"Mommy, may I have some water? Oh, okay. I can have some water."