Thursday, October 4, 2012

DNDRO: Dat's Not Da Right Order

Not sure why, but that phrase is getting repeated alot around our house by a certain little girl these days.

Sometimes it means she wants me to repeat what I'm saying so she can change her responses.  
Ex:  After saying my pre-nap routine in which I ask if she'll be there when I come back, she'll say "No."  I'll say, "Well that's too bad" as I move on with the routine.  She'll come back with "DNDRO".  I'll repeat and she'll suddenly burst out with a "YES!" and a ginormous smile.   Sometimes I repeat myself multiple times until she randomly deems it the appropriate time to change replies.

Sometimes it means things aren't physically oriented correctly.  
Ex:  She was fighting me during a recent diaper change... and by fighting I mean that she was flailing like a ninja warrior on fast forward.  So I flipped her face down on the changing table.  (What?  You didn't think I also possess ninja-like skills and can change diapers backwards?)  Then, like a cat she whipped her body around, belly-up, as she backstroked down the changing pad and managed to put her head at the wrong end of the changing table. "DNDRO Mommy!"

Sometimes it means I've missed a word.
Ex:  When I'm going through our preschool drop off conversation with them and I forget to say that I will sign in.  DNDRO!  I'll rewind, restate carefully and the planet is suddenly back on its axis.

Sometimes I have no idea what it means.
Translation:  I almost never have any idea what it means.  She'll say it at confusing times.  Like when she's on the potty.  Or when I'm making lunch.  Or when I'm reading a story and I have read every single word on the page exactly as written.  "DNDRO Mommy!"  In these cases I just shrug and do my best to distract her until we've moved on to something else.  Because it does no good to converse about an unspecified order that she can't communicate and I can't decipher.    

I can't wait until she's old enough for me to start doing this to her!  How about...  "Oh, you want to play at X's house?  But your room is a disaster.  DNDRO!"  Or...  "Your favorite show is on, but your homework's not done.  DNDRO!"  Hmmm...  "There's a boy at school who likes you?  Well you're not yet 30, therefore DDNDRO!"  (Dat's Definitely Not Da Right Order!)

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