Heads up: This post is 14 years old. My thinking may have evolved since then — read it with that in mind.
Diary - Aug 25 - Fake Sleeping
My son L is only 24 months old and already today he gave me a fake sleeping response to my long winded explanation of why I wanted him to wash his hands. Great!
So the story was, L had just finished his snacks - a little bit of boiled egg and a piece of bread, and he wanted to go back to play with his trains. I told him he needed to wait for me at the table while I go grab his towel. He left, I took the towel to him at his train set, sat down and started telling him I could see food crumbs on the floor and that’s why we need to wipe our hands and mouth clean after eating. As I was saying that, I put him on my lap and started to wipe his hands. This was where the surprise act happened.
He closed his eyes, but not completely, tilted his head back, and then said: “Sleeping!”
Cheeky little 2 year old bastard! LOL! He is my son after all. :P