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December 11, 2005
Possessive
The other night, Gus came home with John, and it was like some new synapses had connected in his brain.
"It's Nina's..."
"It's Danny's..."
Everything was possessive.
That night, after reading books in his bead, Gus and I were talking about the day. Out they came again... "It's Nina's..." I knew from John that he was talking about how he pointed out each coat at daycare and told John whose coat it was.
Then Gus fell asleep.
Then Gus woke up. At 11:30. He was coughing a bit, so John brought him to the guest room and I was going to sleep with him there. Suddenly Gus was just very awake and very lucid. Then came the possessives. Again. Umm, Gus? It's time for rest.
At one point, John brought some water for both of us. Gus initially said, pointing to my water glass, "It's Papa's water." About 15 minutes later, with his head on the pillow, Gus suddenly belts out, "NO! NO! Not Papa's water, it's MAMA's water."
Oh my god... it's well past midnight at this point, and I'm thinking, ok, don't laugh. I just turned over and left him to his brain.
Posted by janna at December 11, 2005 09:31 AM