[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Moses

I know a woman who is a renowned child behavior expert. She once told me that a normal two year old girl, when given a picture book with no words should be able to orient the book correctly (right side up) and turn pages one at a time when instructed.

I asked her what a normal 2 year old boy should be expected to do. She told me they generally throw the book or tear out the pages.

My son is 3.5 and my little girl is 16 months. I get them ready in the morning to go to school. I was trying to put his jacket on him and he was protesting since he didn't like that one. She wandered off an showed up with the jacket he likes. The girl is very smart!

He's going to be a lawyer or politician. He was being punished once by my wife and in the middle of it he said "I like your hair"... She couldn't stop laughing. This evening he had a lollypop and I told him not to run with it in his mouth. So he pulls it out of his mouth and keeps running. Got me on a technicality.

Whenever I'm working on the car, he wants a tool and insists on a screwdriver. Then he asks "what can I do with it?" and throws a bit of a fit when there's nothing to be screwed.