Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Age appropriate

Josie had a nightmare last night and claimed wholeheartedly that it was because she was upstairs without an adult. I think it was more likely the whole "angel of death" conversation we had after she learned about it at school yesterday. That is a whole different conversation.....

Anyway, Josie came downstairs wanting to snuggle so she could forget the dark angel. As she begged and begged for us to go to bed at the same time she does (you know, so she won't have to be upstairs without an adult) we pointed out that there are plenty of times she's gone to bed upstairs without an adult present. She seems to do fine with it at the lake, at grandma and grandpa's, friend's houses.......heck, even at our own house with Ted as a babysitter! We were quickly corrected that Ted is NOT an adult, he's a grown up. Further discussion revealed the following:

Baby- apparently these are people who still poop their pants and can't eat cake. 

Toddler- these are people who still poop their pants but reach a very annoying stage when they can move around. (Ozzie fits in the classification right now). 

Big kid- these are people who no longer poop their pants but are not quite ready for school. 

Schoolager- these are people that go to school. 

Teenager- these people are between 13 and 19 years old. 

Grown up- these people are 20-29 years old. 

Adult- these people are 30 and up. Or under 30 but married because marriage makes you an adult. 

I'm not sure at what age we revert back to the baby stage. Let's face it- pooping in pants and inability to eat cake does come back at some point. I'm afraid to ask Josie to put an age on it. 

Enjoy your last year as a grown up Teddy! Adulthood will be a whole new world for you. 


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