In the span of the last two weeks, Sydney has just turned into the most adorable chatty toddler I’ve ever encountered! Just yesterday, we had a minutes-long “conversation” – i.e. she talking and pointing, and I nodding while making encouraging sounds – where Sydney informed me that Emma had barked at a loud noise that had passed by outside our house.
It’s hard to describe how I felt in that moment, during what I think of as our first “real conversation.” There was mama-pride, delight, surprise, and amusement all mixed up together in the depths of my being. Sydney’s thoughts are now more available to me than ever before! She’s able to express them in ways that I can understand! Hallelujah! Does this mean her tantrums are over? Ha! Not even close.