Since exiting my womb 21 months and 2 days ago, Lily has not stopped making noise. Her auditory repertoire has evolved from cooing to babbling to shrieking to shouting to talking. Once her first word (doggie) was uttered, she seemed to realize how powerful language is and has learned a thousands words a day since. And the girl. does. not. stop. talking. ever.
A sampling of what one might hear any given minute:
“We go to the park? Go to the park? The park? PARK PARK PARK? I like the park?”
“I can has a hot dog? I can has a cookie? Lily has some cheese? No… no cheese. I has a circle cracker? I can has water? I can has more cookie? Cookie cookie cookie cookie cookie. We go to the park?”
“It’s a lamp, it’s a couch, it’s a ball, it’s a chair. It’s a purple chair. It’s a purple purple purple chair. It’s a light. It’s a door. It’s a jacket. It’s a purple, purple chair. It’s a pen. It’s a puppy puppy puppy puppy puppy PUPPY!”
“Mommy tickle my toes? Tickle my belly? Tickle my toes? Tickle my nose? Tickle my ears? TICKLE MY TOES MOMMY!!!! We go to the park again?
I would estimate that she asks to go to the park about three or four hundred times a day. Fortunately, we live near many excellent parks – several of which are a short walk away. I’m a huge, huge, huge believer in the importance of unstructured play in cognitive and emotional development, so to the park we go – sometimes three or four times a day.
2 comments:
I can has lots of love for that little girl.
When I got up this morning, my kids were so excited to tell me that you had a new blog post. Bryn keeps pretty good tabs on you.
They all love this post, and were quoting it to me as I read it. They think Lily is hilarious, as do I. I can't wait to hear all her chatter in person.
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