CRS
Chandler, Arizona, United States

There's an old saying. If you don't want someone to join a crowd, you ask them, "If everyone were jumping off of a cliff, would you?" Well, I have. So my answer would be "Yes". True story.
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When Babies Decide to Talk

Saturday, December 10, 2011

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Lenore will be two in a few days, and she's a late talker. She can say some a handful of words, but it's frustrating because every other child that we ever encounter that is the same age as her can practically say entire sentences, albeit ones that only have three words or so, while my baby babbles along constantly, giving out an emphatic "Thank you!" when you give her stuff, but almost nothing else.

And when you witness this, it's interesting what she decides she wants to learn to say and what she doesn't. Her first words was not "Da-da" or "Ma-Ma", it was "Bye bye!" She's been saying bye-bye as clear as day for months and months now, saying it when she leaves the room, saying it at bed time, saying it when mommy heads out to work, but she won't say "Ma-ma". She can say mama, we've heard her say it, but she refuses for the most part.

I spent a lot of yesterday trying to get her say "Please", only to discover that she'd gone and taught herself "Shoes!" without any prompting whatsoever. Not "Ma-ma". Not "Milk", not "Food", not "Celest" (her sister), but shoes.
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with love from CRS @ 11:10 AM 

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