My dd is in kindergarten and is already getting phone calls from her little friends...just to say "hi!". It's funny because our number is unlisted. She is tellng her little friends her phone number and telling them to call her.

She got a call today. I answer the phone and the little girl says "hi, this is Mia. Can i please speak to Isabella?" So i give Bella the phone and i hear her say "hi Mia" then "Yes! You can!" then "Bye". I grabbed the phone to see if the mom would get on the line but Mia had hung up. I ask Isabella what Mia said and she shrugs her shoulders and says she doesn't know. I'm like "what did you just say yes to?" I wanted to make sure she didn't just tell Mia she would come to her house or that she could come over our house. Isabella started to cry and said "i don't know!?"
So I called the mom back. She said that Mia did want Bella to come over, but she can't today because her brother is sick. So she told Mia that she could just call Bella.

It was confusing for me, but pretty cute too.

For some reason Isabella has a hard time hearing people over the phone. This is not the first time she has hung up the phone and not known what the other person was saying.

By Kate on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 04:10 pm:

Oh I hate that!! I hate it when kids call here. The conversation is painful to listen to!! They hem and haw and pause and mumble and when it's all over with neither one ever seems to have any idea of what was said.

By Tink on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 04:40 pm:

My dd does this too! She requires complete privacy, kicks the other kids out of the room, and then is back in two minutes! They never seem to have much to say to each other. They just saw each other at school but they don't even discuss school, like I remember doing at an older age.

My dks all have some trouble hearing over the phone. My dd failed her school hearing screening so we had her tested at the pediatrician's office and tested the other two at the same time. They were all fine. I think kids still rely on visual clues and slight lip-reading at this age.

By Kaleighsmommy on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 05:55 pm:

That, and it seems that they mumble, or don't talk into the phone.

By My2cuties on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 06:27 pm:

I can't even hardly understand my neices (ages 4 and 6) on the phone and yet Katelyn will talk to them forever, she loves to talk on the phone, whoever it is... daddy, nana, granny just as long as she can talk.

By Dawnk777 on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 07:44 pm:

It's hard enough to understand kindergarteners talking to you, 2 inches from your ear. It must be harder on the phone. Of course, the lunchroom can be noisy and they have such quiet little voices!

By Kateg on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 09:41 pm:

My DD was the same at that age. I think part of it is the excitement of getting a phone call. She would concentrate on what she wants to say & hadn't really learned to "listen" to the other person. She does pretty good now.

By Eight_Kids on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 10:04 am:

My dd is 7 and in first grade. I think the phone is the first thing that makes them feel "grown up" cuz she is forever asking...can I call my friend? There's 3 little girls that 'hang out' with dd on the playground and in class. They call all the time.
It's funny. (Plus we have 3 other girls here so my phone is never available. Thank God we have call waiting AND voice mail or dh and I would never get any calls or any messages.)