So here’s the deal, I say things repetitively and absentmindedly for a while after te first time I hear it. Especially if it’s a song! I’m not even aware that I am doing it when I am and I’m not sure why. I’m sure it says something about my mental state but Sean even does it. At least, he used to when he was about two.
My Mom took Sean on a walk in his stroller with my brother. They walked pretty far away from our house and when they turned back to begin walking back to my parents’ house. Sean was repeatedly saying, “You and me.” It didn’t bother my Mom but it annoyed my brother. I didn’t think anything of it but then a few days later, we had a toy from a Burger King kids meal that head pictures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
It was cardboard and when you pushed it one way, it was Shark Boy and when you pushed it the opposite way, it was Lava Girl. I sat on the kitchen floor and played with it with Sean, I pushed it one way and then the apposite saying, “Shark Boy, Lava Girl.” Sean joined in with me after a while and said, “Shark Boy, Wava Girl.”
Sean was sleeping later that day and I sat at the dining room table doing my homework. My Dad was also seated at the table and my Mom was in the kitchen. I don’t remember which homework I was doing but I absentmindedly started to say, “Shark Boy, Wava Girl”
So yeah, that’s when I discovered that I do that!
Anyway, the other day, my Mom had the alarm set on her phone for something and it ended up going off. I had never heard before but it was the cutest sound! I mimicked this sound drumming the fingers of both of my hands on my thumbs and moving my hands from side to side. I was having fun!
Today, as my Mom put my tens unit on, we talked about some pretty heavy stuff. To relieve the tension, I told her that we need to just hear her alarm! She laughed and told me that she would only set it if I didn’t repeat it, “1 million times.” I laughed and pantomime md zipping my lips. A little while later, I got the first two notes out before I clasped but of my hands over my mouth.
I don’t have an android, but rather an iPhone so I can’t get this alarm but I added it here so you guys can hear it:
Isn’t it super cute?!