Insubordination

The other day I was having an argument with Lyla. She was saying no while shaking her head, and I was saying yes while nodding mine. We haven't yet taught her to honor thy father and mother, which might be one reason she didn't immediately submit to my way of thinking.

The other reason might be that neither of us had any idea what we were arguing about. She just started saying no, and I started saying yes. Hopefully she wasn't thinking about something bad such as shoplifting Elmo dolls and saying no to indicate her disapproval of the act, and then having to reconcile that her dad was saying yes.

It turns out that babies sometimes say no and shake their heads for no reason. I realize this is difficult to believe considering everything else they do makes complete sense. No is an easy word to say, like mama, and head shaking is easier on the neck than nodding. So it's possible that Lyla was just babbling.

But it's more amusing to think that she was talking back, sassing off, copping a 'tude. Perhaps I witnessed a precursor to her teenage years. Or rather, her terrible twos.