Developmental milestones

In the midst of our relocation, I wanted to document some details of the funny-endearing-infuriating stage that Sylvie has entered. She is now 2.75 years old, and has really transformed in the last three months from a toddler to a little girl.

MAYBE, PRETEND

She has this habit of amending any contradiction I may make to her statement with "maybe" or "pretend". This means that when I tell her something that she doesn't want to hear, she asks me if if maybe it might happen or to pretend that it will, even if I know there is no chance of the maybe or pretend scenario ever taking place. For instance, Kyle may be at work, and I know he's at work and he's not coming home until evening. Sylvie asks where Daddy is, and whether he will be home after her nap. I say no, he won't be home right after nap, he'll be home later on. She says, maybe he'll be home after my nap. Maybe! If she asks me if my knees hurt, and I say no, she asks me to pretend that they hurt. If she asks me if we are wearing the same color shirt and I say no, she asks me to pretend that we are wearing the same color shirt. These are her routes around "no".

MISUNDERSTANDINGS
The thing that Sylvie dislikes more than anything in the world is not being understood. She might be saying something totally obvious, but if Kyle or I cannot understand her after she repeats it a couple times, her entire body will tense up and she will crumple into a tantrum. This situation is usually exacerbated by fatigue or lack of attention, but can really happen under any circumstances. 

PROCRASTINATION
Our little girl has become a master procrastinator. Getting her out the door, while sometimes smooth, can also take *forever*. She gets interested in every little thing leading up to the door and so it just seems to take forever to make forward progress sometimes.

WHAT???
She has this really high, kazoo-sounding voice, and she often uses this upward lilt at the end of her sentences that is adorable and always makes me laugh. If she hears a funny word (e.g. cactus, Conageski, babooshka), she'll declare it a funny word and ask "Whaaaatt?" as a high-pitched question.

BABY
Even though she doesn't have a baby brother yet, she is reverting to baby behavior. While lying on a mat making "crying" noises, she asks me to look at her tiny feet and toes and asks me where her binky is (which is comical given that she never, ever really took a binky). I've told her that babies generally sleep a lot and are very quiet and don't get to eat the food that she likes, and that has quelled the interest somewhat, but I fear the significant regression that may take place in a couple weeks when there really is a baby in the house getting a ton of attention.