He likes to announce that he is going up a hill: "Hill. Steep." He also points to a ladybug crawling on a wadded up blanket and says "Hill."
He points to the place on my breast where the blender threw hot vegetables down my shirt last week and says "Burn." Last night, he got all excited and kept repeating "Bambay, bambay!" He pointed at the burn and at the shoebox we keep first aid stuff in, and at one point he picked up a kleenex and held it to his chest, but we didn't get it until he said "bambay, bambay, BURN!" and thrust a finger towards the wound. At that point we figured out that he was asking us to put a bandage over it so that he could nurse without worrying about touching the burn. When Joel got the gauze out, he was greatly pleased, and then showed him where to put the next piece of tape.
At meals he says eat, food ("poo"), soup ("poo"), please ("peee"), thank you (something like "dik doo"), more, good, and all gone, and names foods as they appear, or as he thinks of them. Kiwis are "kiki."
I have been practicing a song which has a full-page chorus of "Hallelujah, Amen" and he likes to sit at the piano with me, playing random notes and singing "Lulah, lululah, amen."
If we pass anywhere near a playground, he starts in with a hopeful "Ging-go, ging-go!" until we either stop to play or it is out of sight. Yesterday he stopped playing to have a snack, and then stood up and waved: "Ging-go, bye-bye." I guess it was time to go home.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wake-up Calls
If I get up before he does, he'll wake up in the morning and shout "Mommy! Mommy! Milk!" This morning, for a change, he shouted "More! More! More! More! More!" Yesterday, I had not gotten up and was laying right next to him, but he evidently felt that moving his head two inches was too much, so when he wanted to nurse at six in the morning he lay motionless with his eyes closed as he yelled at the top of his lungs, "Hey! Hey! Hey!"
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Things I forgot he has been saying
Go! Come!
Bye-bye, hi, hello
Heavy (he lifts a lot of things)
Chair, cup, knife, spoon
Glasses
Up, down
"Up chair" (I want to sit up in that chair)
"Come book" (i.e., read me a book over here in front of the couch)
Bye-bye, hi, hello
Heavy (he lifts a lot of things)
Chair, cup, knife, spoon
Glasses
Up, down
"Up chair" (I want to sit up in that chair)
"Come book" (i.e., read me a book over here in front of the couch)
What has he been saying?
Sit down!
Book
Please, thank you
Milk, good, nurse, more, other side
Airplane, car, truck, bicycle/motorcycle ("seeko")
Downtown (yes, really - no idea what it means to him)
Boom, beep, honk
Sky, star, moon, cloud, dark, snow
Cat, kitty, bird, grrrrrrrr
Umbrella, jacket, hat, pants
Upstairs, downstairs, stairs
Breakfast, supper, tasty
Cucumber, zucchini, orange, onion, tea
Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, head, chin, cheek, elbow, knee, toes, teeth
Pee, poop
Water, shower, bath, hot, cold
The most complicated configurations so far have been on the order of
"bye-bye, Daddy" and "orange, please."
Most of these words don't sound standard yet. Orange and onion both come out something like "ongnang." Milk can be "moe" or "mill" or "mih."
Book
Please, thank you
Milk, good, nurse, more, other side
Airplane, car, truck, bicycle/motorcycle ("seeko")
Downtown (yes, really - no idea what it means to him)
Boom, beep, honk
Sky, star, moon, cloud, dark, snow
Cat, kitty, bird, grrrrrrrr
Umbrella, jacket, hat, pants
Upstairs, downstairs, stairs
Breakfast, supper, tasty
Cucumber, zucchini, orange, onion, tea
Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, head, chin, cheek, elbow, knee, toes, teeth
Pee, poop
Water, shower, bath, hot, cold
The most complicated configurations so far have been on the order of
"bye-bye, Daddy" and "orange, please."
Most of these words don't sound standard yet. Orange and onion both come out something like "ongnang." Milk can be "moe" or "mill" or "mih."
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