Emma has well and truly mastered the art of saying please when she wants something. She does the sign for please on her chest and says earnestly "Pliz?"
Unfortunately, she doesn't yet have the language to tell us what it she wants. So while she is to be commended on her beautiful manners, half the time we have absolutely no idea what she's asking for. At first, it was obvious - she wanted what we had, or would point to something and ask us to pass it to us. But now, she's getting more subtle. And she seems to be going through a phase where she thinks that please replaces the need for all other words, so even when she has the word or the sign for what she wants, "pliz" is all we get.
From the other side of the park, she might very well repeat please over and over, getting increasingly frustrated with all the things we pass her ("Your bucket? A drink?") or offer her
("A cuddle? Thrown in the air? A cracker?") until we finally figure out that she wants to go on the swing that we didn't even know she had seen.
No wonder toddlers are known for having tantrums. They must think we adults are a little slow when we don't understand what it so obvious to them.
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