I love this picture. It shows his stubborn side!
My response to that is, "WRONG!" My little Mr. Know-It-All says what he wants to say. For example, for the longest time I have been trying to get him to say "nose", so what does he do? Last week he pointed to his eye and said "eye."
I try to get him to say "mama" so he says "dada" twenty times a day at varying levels of excitement. "Mama" only comes out every once in a while when he's trying to ask for "more" food or when he's making a kissing sound "mmmm-ma." I use this to my advantage sometimes. If I ask Carson who he wants to change his diaper, he almost always asks for, "Dada!" Which is also funny because Dada wanted to be called "PaPa," but Carson decided on his own that Dada was what he would call him.
Our latest adventure is that he likes to say "bus" however, his "s" is a "t", so he is calling that big yellow thing a "butttt" instead. When I tried to tell him to say it with an "s", it came out "butts". Oh well, at least he tried.
Last night we were singing "Old MacDonald", and when I paused, he filled in the "E-i-e-i-o". It was cute because it sounded more like "yi-yi-yoo". The adventures never end, and while he is learning all he is learning, he's teaching me a thing or two - such as not to be upset by the lack of "mama" in his regular vocabulary. It just means he knows who I am and doesn't feel the need to say my name when I'm right there. On top of that, there is a reason why he kisses and says "mmmmm-ma" while he is doing it. It's because most of his kisses are for me!
Words Carson can say...
- hi and bye bye
- mama and dada
- ball
- car
- bus (butt)
- walk and go walk
- bike
- hot (he uses for hot/cold and when things hurt)
- hat (this morning he put a diaper on his head and said "hat")
- Bob or Bop (this is what he calls Elmo and our cat, RickyBobby)
- kitty
- bird
- dog
- more
- water
- bottle
- banana
- book
Too cute! Annabelle's first word was "ki-ki" (which meant both cat and dog). "Dada" was a close second, and then she went on to name a whole lot of foods... I don't even remember when she got around to "Mama," but, like you, instead of taking offense, I was proud that she clearly took my presence totally for granted. Meant I was doing a good job! At 7 months, Nik is already saying "mamamamamamama" but only when I put him in his crib. I don't think he knows it's my "name," but he knows he doesn't want to be alone in there and that this particular call works better than just a generic cry! (I can't resist it, even though I know I'm being too much of a softie on sleep issues.) Hope all is well and that you all had a great father's day!
ReplyDeleteI think that little Nik-o knows exactly what he is saying ;-) We think that banana was officially Carson's first word, at least we knew he knew what it was because he pointed at a banana and said it. When he was really little and hungry, he would get upset fast if that bottle wasn't instantly there and his cry sounded just like he was saying "hungry". His favorite all-purpose word is "hot" and he uses it to mean hot, cold, ouch, neat thing, thing he is not supposed to touch...They really do create their own language, don't they!
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