things i have overheard my toddler say to my newborn in the past week:
-you just a baby (while petting her sister like she pets the dog)
-night time is fo’ sleeping, not crying (followed by a sigh)
-don’t be cute right now (after she woke up from the crying)
-you smell so good (sniffs loudly)
-mama said you have weak neck muscles…make them stronga…then i can take you to school
-i have a strong neck, look (aggressively moves her head around)
-you have no teeth, look i have so many (grins)
-why you crying? tummy time is soooo fun (lays in front of the baby on her tummy)
-(loud whisper) NO SCRATCHING
-i would cry too if i was a baby
-mama said you can’t watch bluey, that is so sad (spends ten minutes telling her sister about bluey)
-dad makes dinosaurs sounds, it not a real dinosaur, they extin-t, don’t cry, we just playin'
-if dinosaurs were real, i would protecc you
-i had coffee one time (she absolutely did not)
-I heard you burp…you are ‘upposed to say excuse meeeeeee
-mama says you have knees but i dont see them…where are they (inspects legs)
-i have a pink car, you can sit in it
-you are my baby foreverrrrrrrr
-(pulling a miss rachel) [hcf's name], can you say mama? maaa-maaa. your turn! (baby coos) good try!
-can you clap? (claps loudly and startles the baby)
-[hcf's name] where is your nose? (touches the baby’s nose) there it is!
-oh my gosh so cute (every time the baby sneezes)
-i love you (baby coos) no i love you more because i am bigger (baby coos) no no i love you more (baby coos) you can't even talk yet so i win