When “no” was cute

I’m certain that we will look back on these days in skeptical wonderment.  We’ll say, “What?  There was a time when we thought “no” was cute?  Unheard of!  Impossible!  Ridiculous!”  (Yes, our future selves will be saying these things with a British accent as well.)

It started a month or two back.  Jakey would shake his head back and forth and growl.  Apparently Daddy taught him that doggie’s grab things with their teeth and shake their heads back and forth while growling.  Every time we’d say no Jake would smile and shake his head back and forth knowingly.  The fact that he was doing something he wasn’t supposed to be doing was completely lost on him.  He thought we were just playing the doggie game… all the time.

Now he’s started saying “no,” but in a cute way.  He seems to sense when we’re asking him questions and he’ll say “yeah” or “no” in a casual, conversational way.  “Jakey, is it bath time?”  “No.”  (But in the same way you might say, “nah”… not too loud, a comment in passing.  I’m sure the day is just around the corner when he’ll say it with gusto.

When I was about 3 this was my favorite word and I can still say it with the same feeling, oomph, pout and furrowed eyebrows.  NoooooOOOOOOOoooooooo MoOoM!

Till then, we’re going to enjoy these few weeks when “no” is still cute.