It’s a saying I’ve often heard, but you don’t realize how true that is until you have your own kid.

It amazes me how much my kid does and has learned as a two year old.

When she sneezes, says bless you.

When she passes gas, says sorry (or says sorry for far too many things).

We now brush our teeth together and wash our face (it has become our little routine, she even pretends to put on lotion because she constantly watches me put on skin care).

We have referred to certain things as “yucky”, particularly food that ends up on the floor. She now says “yucky” too, but as she sees fit. Went to a friend’s kids birthday party, and we tried giving her a cupcake, and she responded with “no, that’s yucky”.

She has mastered the fake cry (in my opinion a little too early) AND she is already trying to fake sleep.

A show she watches talks about certain body parts hurting, then going to their parents saying ouch, looking for a kiss for their ouchy. And she does the same, pretending she’s hurt and says “thank you” after we kiss where she “hurts”.

She has also picked up a few bad words (which currently seems to be gone now and hopefully stays that way).

She loves to watch anything with singing and dancing. She pays close attention and tries to follow the dance and now implements that dance to other songs and looks like she’s trying to really feel the music. And she sings some of the frozen songs too!

We often call her cute and pretty and she has now repeated “I’m cute” or “I’m pretty”. Even once caught her saying “Mommy pretty”.

I’ve been watching a few videos lately, that even if we’re not talking to them or about them, they are still listening. So if we talk down about ourselves around them, they will start thinking down about themselves too. They repeat words and actions they see, around the people they are around everyday. So please be mindful of what you say and do around your children. I’m constantly talking myself down, and now seeing how much she has picked up from us or what she watches, is making me realize I need to start saying nicer things about myself, so she doesn’t start being hard on herself too young.

If you have any stories about things your kids have picked up from you and your family at a young age, that caught you by surprise. Do share in the comments, I’d love to hear from you.

~*ATBW*~