Today my wife needed to get physical therapy for her lower back pain. Upon mummy's departure, JJ immediately teared up and started his "OMG, can't believe mum has left me behind with this guy, and the whole world is going to crumble" routine.
None of my regular tricks for calming him down seemed to work. In the midst of escalating frustration, I looked into his eyes and began explaining to him about mummy's condition and her need to see a doctor for it. Much to my surprise, this 2 old yr stopped fuzzing immediately after I was done with my "perfectly reasonable explanation". We started to play as if nothing had happened, and had a good old time together.
Did he really understand what I said? Did he simply have pity on me when he saw my helpless eyes? Was it just good timing? Who knows?
One thing is for sure - always good to have one more trick in the bag.
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