Not a monkey

Babess and I ran some errands this morning, and got home about 11am.  She was very tired, and I told her it was nap-time.  “No!  I monkey!” she said.

“Yes, you’re a tired monkey,” I said.  “Now come and get a clean nappy.”

“I monkey!” she insisted, as I changed her.

“You’re a cute monkey!  But it’s time for bed,” I said.

She grimaced in frustration, the tears springing to her eyes.  “I MONKEY!” she wept.  It dawned on me (I’m a bit slow).

“Oh… you’re hungry?”

“YES!”

I fed her an early lunch, and she was much happier.  “Time for a nap now,” I said when she was done.  “No, Babess play with baby”, she said.

“No, nap time now!” I said.

She clamped her arms down at her sides to make it hard for me to get her out of her highchair and came out with another new sentence.

“I grumpy!”

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