blame it on the genes
jan: marlon wasn’t in kindergarten today. he’s sick.me: yeah? with what?
jan: he has urinary tract infection. blasenentzündung.
me: oh, really? poor marlon.
jan: did you know that urinary tract infection is more frequent in boys than in girls?
well, yeah. but i didn’t expect my 3-year old to know that. i mean i didn’t even expect him to be able to pronounce blasenentzündung. i personally have a problem with ü.
it’s too early to tell, but if jan turns out to have an aptitude for science, it wouldn’t be a surprise. i don’t expect it, and i certainly don’t consciously do anything to nurture it, but having two scientists as parents, an interest in science will already be there by default.
me: drink your juice, brush your teeth and go to bed.
jan: and if i get thirsty again?
me: then you’ll have to make do with water.
jan: papa, why am i not allowed to drink juice during the night?
papa: because juice has a lot of sugars and it will increase the insulin levels in your bloodstream. and it’s not good to increase your metabolic levels during sleep.
jan: aha. right. ok.
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14 Responses to “blame it on the genes”
June 30th, 2006 at
smart kid. just like his parents!
June 30th, 2006 at
I will not be surprised if he turns to science like you and S. Susme, si Jan, tingnan mo lang yung mata, kita mo na that there’s a lot more brewing inside his brain. Apart from the fact na may fire sa mata, it is obvious na may utak! Encouraged by both parents pa, e solve na solve na yan si Jan.
July 1st, 2006 at
gotta agree with the title! hahaha scientifically brewed
July 1st, 2006 at
Galing! Chip off the old block. Naku, I hope I can nurture that in my children because they’re certainly not going to inherit that from me!!!
July 1st, 2006 at
Galing! That’s great that he knows those stuff now palang diba? And it’s wonderful that he’s blessed with intellgient parents! He’ll never run out of things to learn with you two around.
July 1st, 2006 at
hahaha! tutuo bang conversation ng mag-ama ito? my god, if this continues on talaga ngang, no doubt, may isa na namang scientist sa family nyo, ruthie!
July 3rd, 2006 at
ha ha ha!! manang-mana!!
July 3rd, 2006 at
next week, ituro mo na ang digestive system at ang mga enzymes na critical sa pag break down ng food.
July 3rd, 2006 at
ate siens, yes, this was an actual conversation. actually months ago na. hehe, napagalitan ko nga si hubby for giving that answer, eh kaso ang hirap daw kasi maki-argue dine sa batang ire kaya dapat binabara, hahaha!
batjay, hehe, pag nagtanong ng ganyan, susubukan ko, hahaha!
July 6th, 2006 at
hahahaha. how cute and smart!
July 10th, 2006 at
honestly sis, i thought UTI is more prevalent in women since most guys i know seldom really manifest the trip-to-the-ER symptoms like pissing corned-beef like stuff and all
anyway, Jan is growing up sooo fast… and sooo intelligently…
July 14th, 2006 at
Hi Ruth! You got an intelligent kid, really. he is already in the elaborative stage of language development, considering he is only 3 years old. Do continue to nurture him and i assure you you have a gem.
July 15th, 2006 at
hanep! bilib ako sa mga conversations nyo ah! haha
July 17th, 2006 at
delish: in preschoolers here, mas prevalent sya sa boys. most probably because they get toilet trained much later than girls.
luchie, naku, his speech is really advanced. the conversation above was actually in german. his english is not as good, though.
christine: all in a day’s work, haha…