My dd2.5 seems to be having a heyday with smelling things lately, and with sounds. We saw ds8 in the Nutcracker last night and when she heard an instrument she was interested in she was asking 'What's that sound?', 'What's that sound?'
She is doing that while riding in the car, playing at the house, any sound she hasn't heard before or maybe can't figure out the source of must be determined/defined. If I am tapping my fingers or clicking my tongue, she wants to 'see' what is up.
Also with odors she is lately fascinated, or repulsed, I am not sure which. She is smelling me, her brother, the food of course. She asked the other day what this building we were driving by would smell like. (new carpet and antiseptic?)
She asked what her brother smells like (hamburgers and pencil dust, imo!
Sometimes she will get downright loud about it. In a public restroom the other day, lots of strong smells unfortunately, I had to speak with her in the stall about keeping some of this to herself, to no avail of course. I don't want to shut her down on this curiosity but I don't want to offend anyone. At least she is just 2 so that is usually an ok excuse.
Anyone's kids go through a phase like this? I really don't remember ds doing this... both of these things seem to have come on strong in just the last week or so.
She has had ear infections in the past, but ear tubes for over a year, so I wouldn't think she'd be hearing or smelling really differently in just the last week.
Scratching my head.
