Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Las interminables preguntas... Never ending questions

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Lorena está. desde hace unas semanas en la edad del porqué; pero no solo es porqué, sino cómo, qué tal si, cuándo, quién, etc. Algunas de sus preguntas son súper sencillas, otras filosóficas, complicadas, etc. Nos bombardea con preguntas todo el tiempo, muchas veces en el coche, son decenas por hora.
Lorena, in the last few weeks has reached the "age of "the whys". But it is not only why, but how, how come, what if, who, when, where... Some of her questions are pretty basic, others are philosophical, complicated, etc. We are bombarded by tens of questions per hour at some points; particularly in the car.

Aquí están algunas, en orden aleatorio.
So, here we go, in no particular order.

Lleva ya rato obsesionada con todo lo de bebés: acordándose, preguntando qué hacía de bebé, qué le gustaba, etc. Está guardando cosas para cuando sea grande y tenga su bebé Taryn. Lorena va a vivir con nosotros y yo voy a cuidar a sus bebés junto con ella.

"Mamá, ¿cómo me metiste a tu pancita? y ¿cómo me sacaste?"

She has been obsessed with her being a baby, remembering about that, asking what she was like, what she liked, etc. By the way, she is planning to keep some items for her baby Taryn; they are going to live with us, and I am going to take care of her babies with her.

"Mom, how did you get me in your tummy? And, how did you get me out?".

Todas estas preguntas, al ser respondidas, generan nuevas preguntas.
¿Cómo se hacen los zapatos?
¿Qué es el metal?
¿Cómo encuentran el metal?
¿Porqué las cortadas son rojas?
¿Porqué la sangre es roja?
¿Cómo hacen los coches?
All of these questions, of course, generate more questions when answered.
How are shoes made?
What is metal?
how is metal found?
Why are cuts (skin) red?
Why is blood red?
how do they make cars?

Hablando de los personajes de Disney.
¿Porqué Maléfica es mala? ?Porqué no la invitaron a la fiesta de Aurora bebé? ?Porqué los papás aceptaron el regalo/maleficio de Maléfica?
¿Qué animal es Daisy? No, no es un pato, es un personaje: habla y hace cosas que los patos no hacen. Es muy chistoso.
¿Porqué los personajes malos son villanos?
¿Son malos los lobos de la Bella y la Bestia? ¿Porqué no son malos? ¿Es mala la madrastra de Cenicienta?
Speaking of Disney stories and characters.
Why is Maleficent evil? Why wasn't she invited to Aurora's baby party? Why did her parents accept her gift/curse?
What animal is Daisy? No, she is not a duck, she is a character: she talks and does things that animals don't do. It is very silly!
Why are the evil characters villains?
ARe the wolves from Beauty and the Beast evil? Why aren't they? Is Cinderella's stepmother evil?

sigue preguntando SIEMPRE, ¿porqué se llama así? Le pido que se conteste y siempre me recita mi respuesta: porque así le pusieron.
¿qué es "el mal"? Después de rezar el Padre Nuestro.
¿qué es dormir? Muchas de sus preguntas son semánticas, y son de las más difíciles de contestar. Se la pasa preguntando el significado de palabras nuevas, pero sobre todo de palabras aparentemente sencillas.
She continues to ask constantly one of her favorites. "Why is she/he named like that?". I now ask her to answer herself and she recites my response, "because that is how they named her/him".
After praying Our Father: "what is Evil?
What is "sleep"? Many of her questions are semantic, and those end up being among the hardest to answer. she constantly asks about new words she hears, but mostly, she asks about words she has used forever, and that are apparently easy.

!nos deja mentalmente agotados al final de cada día! Cuando me canso, le pregunto, "¿por qué me haces tantas preguntas?". y le enseñé a responderme: mamá, porque tengo 3 años y quiero aprender todo.
She leaves us mentally wiped by the end of every day! When I get tired, I ask her, "why are you making so many questions?". I have taught her to respond this way: mom. because I am 3 and I want to learn everything.

2 comments:

Lorraine said...

You're killing me here - I must know all of your ANSWERS! Especially to how she got in and out of your tummy ;)

Mariana ATD said...

Oh, the best part is that she asked that one in front of her cousin (10). He did say "Oh, I already know about that...".

We talked about a little cell of mom and one of dad; but she kept asking. We want to keep it simple but trutful, the problem is that with a girl like her; she'd be blurting info, out along with specific words.

Ah!!!!!

We answered they come between the legs (or something like that). "but that is where your private parts are!" was her reply.