#30
My turn to get this one…
Miss: (to me) Don’t call me “Miss” (abbreviation for her name).
Me: Oh, now I can’t call you “Miss” either?
Miss: <seriously> I don’t li-ike.
Me: Can I call you “Miss-ee” or “Miss-ee-Miss” or….?
Miss: Yes.
Me: Just not “Miss”.
Miss: Don’t like “Miss”.
Me (to Rockstar): Hey, I just got it too – the “Don’t call me Miss”. But she explained it’s because she doesn’t like “Miss”, she likes “Little Miss”.
Rockstar: Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss, Miss <looks at her expectantly>
Miss: <IGNORES>
Me (to Rockstar): Wow, her EQ is so much higher than yours.
Rockstar: Huh. Ye-ah. Miss-ee? Little Miss?
Miss: <turns and grins at him>
Rockstar: Oh yeah, really. Hm <momentarily impressed>. But so naughty! Ko-ko called you, you didn’t answer!
(Miss laughs)
Me: See how fast she stopped you from doing something she didn’t like by not rewarding it with a reaction? Part of the reason she keeps doing things that annoy you is because you make it so rewarding and entertaining for her to do them.
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And so when the shoe is on the other foot….. After Rockstar tries ignoring her (which takes humongous effort on his part)…
Miss: This the wrong Ko-Ko. Have the wrong Ko-Ko, Mummy.
Me: ?! What are you talking about?
Miss: Have two Ko-kos. Have two Ko-kos.
Me: Um.. You mean… You want a second Ko-Ko. As in, a different Ko-Ko.
(Miss nods)
Me: Why, what’s wrong with this one? No wait, lemme guess – not giving any satisfactory reactions today? So this one’s not fun enough?
Rockstar: <snorts> ‘Course not.
Miss: See. Mummy. Want other Ko-Ko. <earnestly> Want other Ko-ko, Mummy. <puts hand on my arm>
Me: (To Rockstar) Dude. This is like she thinks we can take you back to the store for a refund or exchange.
(Thought Rockstar would laugh, but instead he palms his forehead, especially when she says -)
Miss: Yes. Bye-bye, Ko-ko.
“Also, butter won’t melt in my mouth…”
(“But then other days, I LIKE showing that it DOES…”
What does the teacher call her in school? By her full name?
Miss Rockstar is assertive at such a young age and knows her mind. Good!
I assume they don’t abbreviate her name… It appears her problem is with calling her anything monosyllabic… For e.g., she’s decided that a cat toy she calls “Cat” probably won’t like it, and we should call cats “Kitty cat”… Guess it’s one of those quirks they pick up inexplicably and also lose in the same way…