more baby talk
Cub knows how to swear. I guess it was inevitable, and at least all he says is 'oh damn'. You see, today he fell into a small pond. It was so covered in algae and weeds that it looked exactly like lawn, and though I shouted for him to stop, I wasn't close enough to grab him and he didn't believe me over the apparent evidence of his eyes that he could walk on it. So in he fell, and after I fished him out and the screaming was over, the swearing and storytelling began. 'Wet, oh damn, pond, wet, oh damn oh damn, wet wet water pond, oh damn.' He went on like that for some time. Well, swearing is a good creative use of language to communicate emotion, so I can't really bring myself to object very much.
As you can see, we're also getting words strung together now. Sometimes with implied grammar, like 'go car home', other times just juxtaposition of ideas like 'window dark' (= it's dark outside). And he's picking up new words all the time and parroting back what he hears around him constantly. 'Pond', for instance, was a new word today, and I think he's very clear on what ponds are now. We get some lovely connections too. I have an alphabet book called 'Apple Pie ABC' (which is a superb toddler book, if anyone has a toddler or needs a gift for one) and Cub loves it and calls it 'apple book' which makes sense. Anyhow, when I sing the alphabet song, he calls that 'apple' too now, and points at my mouth and says 'apple' when he wants me to sing it. He really works to get the maximum amount of meaning out of the words he knows how to say, it's amazing.
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As you can see, we're also getting words strung together now. Sometimes with implied grammar, like 'go car home', other times just juxtaposition of ideas like 'window dark' (= it's dark outside). And he's picking up new words all the time and parroting back what he hears around him constantly. 'Pond', for instance, was a new word today, and I think he's very clear on what ponds are now. We get some lovely connections too. I have an alphabet book called 'Apple Pie ABC' (which is a superb toddler book, if anyone has a toddler or needs a gift for one) and Cub loves it and calls it 'apple book' which makes sense. Anyhow, when I sing the alphabet song, he calls that 'apple' too now, and points at my mouth and says 'apple' when he wants me to sing it. He really works to get the maximum amount of meaning out of the words he knows how to say, it's amazing.
Crossposted at http://philomytha.dreamwidth.org/131674.html. There are
comments there.