tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77665778651253877442024-03-13T00:54:28.557-07:00mind alivea baby learns EnglishLE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-46430691152905125062008-11-08T22:38:00.000-08:002008-11-08T22:40:38.517-08:00thanks SeinfieldI caught myself saying blah, blah, blah today. Dear daughter siezed the phrase, as she is prone to do these days. I had a vision of a toddler speaking beautifully until she learned a catchy phrase. Then the daughter gave up all that vocabulary for blah, blah, blah, and yadda, yadda, yadda.LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-34664592255302575282008-11-08T22:35:00.001-08:002008-11-08T22:38:20.476-08:00and...and...and...umm...ummTonight dear daughter would not sleep. She kept listing people and dogs and cats that were sleeping.<br /><br />And, umm, Hopper, and, umm, Stella sleeping...<br />Umm, Tabitha sleeping and Walter sleeping...LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-45462862542040446942008-11-02T21:46:00.000-08:002008-11-02T21:56:27.357-08:00one, two, threeAhh we've come such a long way since July. There's been the use of verbs and phrases. Now she's even settling into her own comfortable use policies. For example, she doesn't like to use the word yes in response to a yes or no question. She says sure, ok, or yeah. Sure is used when she really wants something. Ok is followed with a paraphrase of the original question, and yeah is used when something's merely agreeable to her.<br /><br />She's beginning to count. Babies can recognize quantity at very early age. I've been counting to five and then back down to one on my hand for her since she was a few days old. Now as we've been playing with blocks she's been saying one, two, three as we put the blocks back in their tub.<br /><br />I pointed out two dogs to her and she counted with me, one, two dogs. Dogs always elicit enthusiasm.<br /><br />new phrases:<br />trick or treat<br />happy halloweenLE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-83802238631012280592008-07-31T16:05:00.000-07:002008-12-10T06:34:28.597-08:00mind your bagel when you potty<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo3oty_FbK3FQb1xiKVatDVvat6za4RcNq6t4Qbb7vcOmIS0MvmAMDSxRjgNeHM5nMWfoMBLbXdIpC83SU7tRkdSqAb2xfyd_EzmMbSNTvUUful9E3Hknr3Q5wP1Y0U5CTO1QXT8hChI/s1600-h/IMGP2438.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229323169171592258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo3oty_FbK3FQb1xiKVatDVvat6za4RcNq6t4Qbb7vcOmIS0MvmAMDSxRjgNeHM5nMWfoMBLbXdIpC83SU7tRkdSqAb2xfyd_EzmMbSNTvUUful9E3Hknr3Q5wP1Y0U5CTO1QXT8hChI/s320/IMGP2438.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>New word: bagel</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is a note of caution to those in charge of a little one. Mind your bagel when you potty. I left a paper grocery bag near the front door. It was filled with jars of baby food. When I left the baby to potty myself, I thought she would be happily occupied pulling the jars out until I got back. A safe activity, I thought. Not so.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div>I heard rustling of a plastic bag, one of those items that falls into the "worst baby toy" category. My sleep deprived, memory strained brain did not remember the bagel I'd bought for myself to go with some smoked salmon for a very delicious special mommy moment later in that morning.</div><div></div><div><br />Dear daughter didn't need the cream cheese or salmon to enjoy the fresh whole grain bagel. So delighted was she that she repeated bagel?, bagel., bagel!, to the world. And ate half, which is a lot for such a little thing.</div><div><br />It was a vocabulary building moment.</div>LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-75259012015061760762008-07-31T15:30:00.001-07:002008-12-10T06:34:28.776-08:00Sorry old cats<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3-VVHtwqfZ-ENW_DeFS9wMoUkXinDvYsdixN2_tbRrLcvhu168-XE1wS_GfHcNoB7w65AHltOB9g4dGniL8iGMHpzk2RccqS_WRns6AVPNyp6VyV9zoSlTl4QgpqJgjRgNgm-SUACLI/s1600-h/IMGP2759.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229317585505326802" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3-VVHtwqfZ-ENW_DeFS9wMoUkXinDvYsdixN2_tbRrLcvhu168-XE1wS_GfHcNoB7w65AHltOB9g4dGniL8iGMHpzk2RccqS_WRns6AVPNyp6VyV9zoSlTl4QgpqJgjRgNgm-SUACLI/s320/IMGP2759.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>The cat was chasing his tail yesterday. It was so sad. The tail chasing used to get me every time. I would laugh and watch him thereby egging him on. Now compared to a one- year-old human that came from my own body and is copying what I say, well, there’s no comparison.<br /><br />I used to love “communicating” with my cats. I was pleased to have an after-school routine with one. We’d run down to the basement, he’d jump on the bar, I’d nuzzle him then I’d open the screen door to give him a sniff of the air outside—no matter the weather.<br /><br />Oh sorry old cats. You’ve been outdone.</div></div>LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-37656650865889880122008-07-31T15:17:00.001-07:002008-07-31T15:32:45.364-07:00Hi sweetie!New words TODAY:<br />frog<br />stick - handy at the park when I've brought no toys<br /><br />New words:<br />nice - referring mostly to cats<br />book<br />hi sweetie - this is a phrase her daddy uses, she's delightedly repeating this one<br />shoes - this is an old one but she's really using it now because it gets her a walk outside<br />outside<br />off/on<br />I know, I know - the followup to the very cute I don't know, yes, she may actually know what this means, I'm noticing just how much she hears it around the house<br />towel<br />horse<br /><br />So read it here folks because she clams up when anyone outside her imediate family is present. My next hurdle is to get her more comfortable around some other people, but that 's another blog.LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-37726873198300017012008-07-25T21:30:00.000-07:002008-07-25T21:36:23.102-07:00too much to writebib<br />maaama - for llama she learned to emphasize the first syllable<br />off<br />down<br />up<br />cup<br />bowl<br />shoes<br /><br />Forgive me if I'm repeating myself. I can't see the other posts and I'm just typing her words as I think through today's conversations. So exciting that we're starting to get verbs now. She's so happy to be communicating. But still, she won't repeat. She'll mimic. There's a lot of that. I'll hear her say something like, "here you go". Then she won't repeat. Happy days. Helen Keller moments. For a full-time mom, this is the greatest!LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-73984086103519466632008-07-12T16:56:00.000-07:002008-07-12T17:19:08.420-07:00semantics with DaddyDear daughter has been experimenting with the article "a". She's said "a ball" and "a baby". Only used with those two words so far. "A baby" is used for pictures of babies, but I've only just realized this so I'll have to watch closely with her use of the phrase "a ball" to see if there's a similar pattern.<br /><br />Baby's first semantics argument happened over dinner Thursday night. She pointed to her daddy's plate and pointed and inquired, "apple"? I let my husband know that she was probably pointing to the peas on his plate. (Dear daughter and I read a board book with pictures of green apples earlier.)<br /><br />Dear husband started feeding her peas. She repeated the word pea once, maybe twice, then said, "no, a ball". For the rest of the dinner she insisted on calling the a pea, "a ball". DH tried introducing the word sphere, but I don't think we're there yet. After dinner we played ball and everyone was happy.<br /><br /><br />New words:<br />towel<br />okay (actually otay, in response to telling her I would pick her up and we would go get Daddy)<br />doggie (replaces the word dog, unfortunately)<br />houseLE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-53256544414985007542008-07-09T11:20:00.000-07:002008-07-09T11:43:18.572-07:00making it knownYesterday we had two clear words used together: Ergo and outside. The Ergo is a soft baby carrier that I use to carry dear daughter in front or on my back. I wanted the Ergo for a while, but waited because it's more pricey, $100, than the wraps I was using. Being a stay at home mom, I am frugal, frugal. Dear daughter was subject to several Ergo discussions with other moms. It'sn not surprising that she picked up the word, but I didn't realize it would be easy for her to pronounce.<br /><br />Although it was 95 degrees outside, I had to indulge my dd when she picked up the Ergo and said, "Ergo outside". Positive reinforcement, naturally.<br /><br />new words:<br />Ergo - surprisingly clear<br />outside - (sounds like ah-sah)<br />banana - actually na-na-na, but she gets a pass for counting syllables and using accents. Banana was one of the first words, but it's been just 'nana for months.<br />towel - (sounds like owell)<br /><br />new in the past couple of weeks (I just forget):<br />owl - plays with big sister's stuffed spotted owl while I shower in the morning, Daddy discovered that she loved his deep voice and his owl sounds at 3 months or so<br />potty - not clear<br />book - not clear<br />cell phone - (sounds like cehfoh) this let's me know she's spotted it and I need to move it<br />diaper -(sounds like dipah)LE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-46768763428790119722008-07-07T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-07T12:02:05.345-07:00copy catHere I thought I'd be sharing new words dear daughter has figured out. Well, she's got a surprise for us: phrases. Her first phrase came months ago. By combining the words "touch" and "that", she found that I would take her to the object of her desire. This was mostly trees, since of course, they're not nearly as unpredictable as dogs.<br /><br />Now she's beginning to mimic us. The phrase for this holiday weekend was "I don't know". Yes, we're a family that readily admits our ignorance. I'm pleased that she's not too proud to admit she doesn't know. She doesn't seem to know what it means, but she can recognize that she gets smiles from the grown ups and gets everyone in the room throwing up their hands saying, "I don't know".<br /><br />New phrases:<br />I don't know. (Sounds like Ah no no)<br />Daddy's beer<br /><br />New words:<br />door<br />keys (did I list that?)<br />shoes<br />avocado (sounds like avocaca, we'll give her a pass since she's graduated from simply saying "ahh")<br />washcloth<br /><br />working on:<br />sunscreen<br />plum<br />buttonLE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7766577865125387744.post-83661758034314408482008-07-01T17:12:00.000-07:002008-07-01T18:09:21.019-07:00the beginning, sort ofLanguage acquisition is what I looked forward to most about having a child. My dear daughter is 1 year and two weeks as I start this blog. She's been listening intently for over a year now and she's ready to say something about it.<br /><br />Her brain is catching up to her tongue and we're experiencing an explosion of sound with new words daily. Ask her bout it and she'll tell you she's "happy", she's a "happy baby".<br /><br />Today (heard for the first time):<br /> keys<br /> Booby (for big sister Ruby)<br />diaper<br /><br />Each time, she said each one of these words, she would look into my eyes. She's looking for responses much more now.<br /><br />Past couple of days:<br /> baby<br /> Mommy<br /> shoes<br />ow, ouchLE-ANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305477437979487289noreply@blogger.com0