A Toddler’s View
Would you believe it, I can stand on my feet?
and I have got this walking thing really quite neat.
Oh, deary me, I am back on the floor and not so tall
as I resort to knees and elbows when I crawl.
My Mummy tells me now that filling my nappy* is naughty
and that I need to learn to use the horrible potty.
It is plastic and hard and when I use it there is a smell
the big people certainly don’t use it as far as I can
tell!
My Daddy likes to lift me and throw me in the air,
Its great fun yet it gives Mummy a real big scare.
I love to play with my toys which I sometimes throw,
and Mummy gets real angry if I try to chew them you know!
I get to lie in nice warm water called a bath,
then I get dried and tickled which makes me laugh.
something called teeth make my gums tingle and sore
then Mummy rubs them with something nice and I want more.
I now sleep in a cot more often than nought,
unless my ‘unsettled’ tears my Mummy bought!
Then to lie on her chest and sleep is a real delight,
even Daddy rolls over and does not fight.
Mummy and Daddy often take me for a ‘walk’,
and I sit in my buggy whilst passing adults talk.
Sometimes we travel out in the bus or car
and I am always strapped in, no matter how near or far.
I have been going to a nursery where I get to play
but I have to share toys with others and get no say.
It is always noisy and busy until it is time to go home,
then I find it quiet and strange to be all alone.
I heard Mummy and Daddy talking about another Baby
and I hope to GOD that it is just a maybe!
The very thought of another feels like hell,
‘cause I like being the only one and treated so well!
John
*Diaper
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