Polly. I understand what you were saying and also have the toddler who has the crazy memorization. It is amazing to me how I can read a book once, maybe even twice and she can recite it verbatim. And I'm not talking short little books with one line per page but rather books meant for older kids with a couple of paragraphs per page. And we find ourselves playing similar games that you talk about but I have to confess that my DD doesn't sound as demanding as your DS and I am definitely thankful for that because I, too, would be in the same boat as you. It is only when I jump in with her game that I get corrected but she is quite content to just use her memorization to kick start some imaginary world that she participates in. (From reading the posts from other moms talking about the crazy memorization I have concluded that the over the top early imagination goes hand and hand.) I suspect that your son just has a different personality and is why he demands your input. In time he will understand it isn't that you don't want to play, just that you don't have the same skill. Big hugs! I know it can get frustrating because we are adults and SHOULD be able to keep up with toddler games but our little toddlers don't play the way they describe it in the books!
