Almost every day I am reminded that the engineering genes are in my daughter's gene pool. She does things sometimes that makes you think, yep, she's part engineer.
The most recent example is Addie learning to talk. She tends to say a word only when it's perfect and you don't hear the cute attempts to say a word. For example, on Sunday Addie said "morning" and did not say mo, mor, morn, and then: morning in a progression. She also says a word once and then you don't hear it again. Warren and I have "caught" her saying a word when her back is turned to us. She also will not say anything on command, nothing will clam her up more than when you ask her to say something.
Addie "weaning" off her bottle is another example. I did not have to wean her off her bottle, she just decided one day that she will only use a sippy cup and refused to use a bottle again. It was a one time thing and she never tried the bottle again.
Addie learning to walk was yet another example. I remember talking to a friend about her not walking yet and she told me not to worry, she'll want to move her toys around the room and will not be able to do that while crawling. A few days after hearing that, I observed that Addie would throw her toy ahead of her, crawl to it, and then repeat the process. She did learn to walk later, of course. She did figure out how to climb up to the back of the couch first.
Addie will quietly sit and look at something and then will "fix" her problem. She does not attempt to build something or climb into something without staring at it for a while (and sometimes more than once), before trying something new. She still has to experience trial and error, like everyone else. However, she needs to take time to observe something before she tries it.
A have a few mommy friends that also have children of engineers and the force is strong with some of them.
Any one have any great engineering children stories?
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