Bath toys disappear under bubbles, of course. So I only put a few in with him - Nemo and Dory (thank you, uncles Jeremie and James), duckie, and a ball. He played and splashed and had fun, and at some point couldn't find Nemo. (Insert bad joke here.)
him: Mummy? Where Nemo?
me: huh?
him: Where Nemo?
me: uhhhh... I'm not sure, honey. under the bubbles somewhere.
him: Neeeeeemo.... Neeeeemo....
me: is that him over there? in the corner?
him, looking in the correct direction and searching under the bubbles: Nemo!
It took me about 10 minutes to pick my jaw up off the bathroom floor.
Since then, he's asked for strawberries ("bawberry?") and blueberries ("booberry?"). He parrots certain foods that we give him - peas and beans especially, although he'll also say "tomato", "apple", and "pear". He recognizes "cheese", even out of context on the page of a book. He's putting words to the things he used to sign - please, milk and more, especially. He asks for "book" and "juice" all the time. He can name the cats, although they become Nina (Luna), Dem (Jem) and Ca (Scout - diphthongs are difficult). He can also name characters from books and videos: "Cookie", "Grover", "Kermit", "Nemo" and "Dory" (of course); on the other hand, Luke Skywalker was identified as "Joey!", repeatedly and insistently.
Finally, he asked specifically for a bath this morning: "Bath, Mummy?" Sure, honey. "Honey?" Yes. Yes you are.
AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteawwwwwwwww -- precious!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe child is brilliant, of course! And possibly at the most exciting and fast moving developemental stage. He has just moved from "learning language" to "using language", and done it seamlessly.
ReplyDeleteWell, not quite seamless. He, like his parents, does not wake up well or quickly, so early morning is a time of point-and-whine. He also conveniently forgets words when he disagrees with us.
ReplyDeleteIs there such a thing as a seamless transition in childhood? or parenthood?
Oh...the point and whine stage... Jessica, are you here? Do you recall when I asked the grade-schooler you to stop translateing for your Seester, because I thought she might go for her driver's test pointing and going "unh, unh, unh"???
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