Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Debat sama balita*

Lagi-lagi mau cerita tentang perkembangan bahasa si Alif (3 tahun 4 bulan).

Berangkat sekolah
Saat itu saya masih siap-siap. Pake pelembab muka, pake jilbab, ambil jaket, dll. Sementara Alif udah siap pake sepatu dan jaket lengkap (dibantu ayahnya). 

Alif:     "Ibu, cepet dong. Alif udah siap, kamu belum. Ayo cepet..kalo kamu lama nanti Alif tinggal."
Saya:   ....................

Pipis di klo kecil aja
Kalo ini baru kejadian hari ini. Saya dan si kucrit bener-bener debat adu argumentasi -_-. Dimulai dengan ketika dia pengen pipis. Dia lari menuju töpchen-nya, toilet duduk kecil yg ditaro di lantai. Biasa dipakai kalo saya atau ayahnya sedang tanggung ngerjain yang lain sementara bocah udah kebelet. Tapi karena saya lagi ga sibuk, saya meminta dia untuk pipis di kloset besar dengan bantuan saya. 

Ibu:  "Alif pipisnya di klo besar aja." (Klo besar=kloset biasa dengan tambahan dudukan. Alif masih perlu dibantu untuk ngambil dan naro dudukan di atas kloset serta untuk naik duduk di atasnya)
Alif: "Ngga..Alif mau di klo kecil aja.."
Ibu: "Alif pipis di klo besar aja..kan ibu lagi ga sibuk..jadi bisa bantu Alif naik ke klo"
Alif: "Alif mau di klo kecil." (sambil duduk di klo kecilnya dan mulai pipis di situ)
Alif: "Ibu..Alif udah selesei pipisnya." (yang artinya minta tisu).
Ibu: "Ya udah terserah..kamu ga dengerin ibu disuruh pipis di klo besar..ibu ga mau buang pipisnya." (kalo pipis di klo kecil, saya harus buang pipisnya dan bilas tempat pipis pake air)
Alif : "Ibu..Alif udah selesei.."
Ibu: "terserah Alif aja." (tetep ga nyamperin dia untuk ngasih tisu basah dan buang pipis seperti biasa).
Alif : "Ibu..Alif marah...Alif kan udah bicara baik-baik.."
Ibu: "ya kamu kenapa ga mau pipis di klo besar? Klo kecil itu dipake kalo ibu sama ayah lagi sibuk. Kalo ayah dan ibu bisa bantuin Alif, kamu pipis langsung di klo besar."
Alif : "Alif ga suka klo besar..Alif marah..Alif udah bicara baik-baik kok." 
Ibu : "Alif juga ga dengerin Ibu. Kan ibu udah bilang..anak besar tuh pipisnya di Klo besar..Anak besar kan pipisnya di Klo besar."
Alif: "Tapi Alif ga mau..Alif udah bicara baik-baik loh..Alif marrah." 
Ibu : .....................
Alif: "Alif udah bicara baik-baik..Alif marah"
Ibu : "Ya udah sini Alifnya...". *mau meluk biar ga marah"
Alif : "Alif ga mau..Alif marah..Alif udah bicara baik-baik..Alif mau tidur aja." 
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Moral of the story
Saya senang ternyata dia mendengarkan nasehat saya..untuk tetap bicara baik-baik walopun lagi marah..untuk tidak agresif walopun lagi marah. Tapinya...saya masih sering terkaget-kaget melihat perkembangan dia..Masih bocah dan urusan pipis aja udah bikin pusing kepala argumentasinya T_T

*catatan biar ga lupa tahapan perkembangan si Alif

Monday, March 21, 2016

Family Portrait --- Pink

 Lagu yang selalu berhasil membuat saya terdiam, cenghar tapi kemudian mengaburkan pandangan mata.

Momma please stop cryin, I can't stand the sound
Your pain is painful and its tearin' me down
I hear glasses breakin as I sit up in my bed
I told dad you didn't mean those nasty things you
Said


You fight about money, bout me and my brother
And this I come home to, this is my shelter
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, you'll see
I don't want love to destroy me like it has done
My family


Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
Leave


Daddy please stop yellin, I can't stand the sound
Make mama stop cryin, 'cause I need you around
My mama she loves you, no matter what she says
Its true

I know that she hurts you, but remember I love
You, too


I ran away today, ran from the noise, ran away
Don't wanna go back to that place, but don't have
No choice, no way
It ain't easy growin up in World War III
Never knowin what love could be, well I've seen
I don't want love to destroy me like it did my
Family


Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
Leave


In our family portrait, we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, let's act like it comes
Naturally


I don't wanna have to split the holidays
I don't want two addresses
I don't want a step-brother anyways

And I don't want my mom to have to change her
Last name


In our family portrait we look pretty happy
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
In our family portrait we look pretty happy
Let's play pretend, act like it goes naturally

In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Mommy I'll do
Anything)


In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
Let's play pretend act and like it comes so
Naturally
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
Leave)


In our family portrait we look pretty happy
(Can we work it out? Can we be a family?)
We look pretty normal, let's go back to that
(I promise I'll be better, Daddy please don't
Leave)

Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Turn around please
Remember that the night you left you took my
Shining star?
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Daddy don't leave
Don't leave us here alone

Mom will be nicer
I'll be so much better, I'll tell my brother
Oh, I won't spill the milk at dinner
I'll be so much better, I'll do everything right
I'll be your little girl forever
I'll go to sleep at night