Toddler Thursday: Do you copy?
Sarah K.K. here with the next installment of Toddler Thursday!
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my toddler son, Isaac, was just starting to imitate our intonation now and then. In the past couple of weeks, but especially the past few days, he's taken it to a whole new level. He's babbling all the time, and while most of the time, it's nonsensical, he's learning words and sounds like crazy. The cat says "mao," and "milk," "go" and "whee" are in the repertoire now.
He's a sponge!
But the big news of the week was that night before last, he said, "I love you." Well, it kind of sounded like, "I love the boo," but we'll take it. I, sadly, was on the phone instead of in person, but my husband got it on video, and I'm thrilled I got to hear it in real-time, too.
Sure, right now, it's just a repeating of sounds -- he apparently wandered around his class saying it again and again yesterday. But I know the meaning will sink in, too. No matter what, that was a moment for the highlights reel of my life.
Comments
And now you and your husband need to think really hard about what you don't want to hear repeated back to you!
Posted by: Dahlink | November 12, 2009 2:38 PM
Seriously, Dahlink! I'm definitely trying to keep the mouth in check (especially when driving). Just today, I was talking to him on the speakerphone at dinnertime, and I said something to my husband and then, "you know, blah blah blah," and I hear the little guy saying, "blah blah blah!" back to me. He's a goof.
Posted by: SarahKK | November 16, 2009 8:58 PM