No, I'm not giving my daughter booze, but sometimes I think someone else has. Let me explain...

I remember back a few months ago when Mackenzie was still learning new words, and every phrase out of her mouth seemed to be the absolute cutest thing I had heard up to that point in my life. She was just beginning to string stentences together and could even answer simple questions. I could even hold a very basic conversation on the phone with her.

That's now all over. She won't quit talking. Ever. And tonight I noticed what the problem is. I think she's drunk. Here's the evidence:

• She babbles on endlessly about nothing at all.
• For no apparent reason, she breaks out in song.
• She's hard to understand because she can't enunciate.
• She's LOUD.
• If you don't understand what she says, she repeats it. If you don't understand the second time, she cries.
• Her responses aren't always appropriate. ("That wasn't very nice, Mackenzie." "THANK YOU!"
• A little talking is funny, but the longer it goes, the more annoying and frustrating it gets.

So, it's obvious to me that Mackenzie has been drinking heavily over the last few weeks and I have got to put a stop to it.

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