TERRIFIC TWOS

Whoever said twos are terrible are seriously terrible people. They are boring, uncreative and pessimists. B E C A U S E... Two is the most hilariously fun age. Tiring to the bone but gosh... It's hell of a fun.

So, what's happening at two that amps up the fun quotient, you may ask? Many things but mostly, speech. That little bundle of joy that grew a pair of legs on his last birthday, will grow his tongue on this one and better it in the coming days. Like a speaking parrot, they will try to repeat every, mind you, every, ABSOLUTELY every word you utter. Of course they won't understand every single one of it or know in which sequence to put them to make a sensible sentence and that, that my friends is entertainment. Embarrassment, if they pick up what they shouldn't and humiliating, if they understand that those nasty words catch more audience and use them repeatedly at increasing decibels. I confess, I now understood why censorship came to existence in Media . Definitely for these two year old folks.
Since the tensions between India and Pakistan grew, we started watching television for the news. Hearing similar words for more than half a month, he one day pointed towards the TV and said to put on patitan (Pakistan). You know how heart breaking it can be for any Indian mother to know her son uttered Pakistan before Hindustan or India and when you swear to be a league apart patriotic, it seems severely embarrassing. I spent the next few hours of the day forcibly teaching him, Bharat Mata ki Jai and Vande Mataram (when I was completely against force learning) and needless to say, we watched news strictly during his nap hours. We started greeting each other in a patriotic way to make it his second nature. Relieved only after being sure he got capable enough to say Bharat Mata ki Jai in his sleep too.😂 Trust me, it sounds equally absurd and hilarious to me as it does to you. But I thought it to be the need of the hour. 🤓
Secondly, though they might not understand patriotism but they definitely are capable of exercising their brains to figure out everyday concepts. That also not always in the correct order but then that puts up a great comic show every time.
Like in the game of hide and seek, the rule is to hide completely and not just close your eyes in the middle of a cricket ground and assume you are invisible. Or like when you need to poop, it's not just your bum but your whole self that has to go to the potty seat. Amusing half learnt concepts!
EMOTIONS...! This is also the big milestone these tiny tots are trying to figure out. Constantly surged by big messy cocktail of emotions which they are not yet old enough to label or handle but capable of precisely and extensively expressing them.
How are you going to tell a tiger that you need to anesthetize him to check his wound?  It's the same if you try to tell a two year old that he might fall if he wears his t-shirt as his pants. He might get offended instead of being obliged for the help. And if you ask him to put all the peels of fruits lying around in a trash can, one at a time, he will be obliged instead of offensed of being worked around.
So, relax. No one goes to college without pants or sucks his thumb on his wedding day. They'll learn all the necessary concepts eventually. Of course, if you get anxious about their half learnt ideas and try to correct them, show them the right direction, basically help them then you will probably be wearied by this age but if you just let them be and enjoy the madness, even capture it, you will not just love this age but will also have ton of stories to tell them about their childhood or even use them to blackmail them. 😜😈