Olivia has mastered the art of pouting. She pouts (complete with hanging head and drooping shoulders) when she is truly upset about something (usually it's being told, "no"), but often it's just for fun, to see what kind of reaction she will get. She peeks out from under her lashes to see if anyone has noticed and what will happen next. Lots of times while we're playing Olivia will say, "Mom!" and when I turn to look at her she puts on one of her best pouts. I'm not going to say she isn't cute when she pouts. She is. Sometimes it's hard not to smile or laugh, but I try not to reinforce the behavior, especially when she really means it.
As Olivia's personality continues to develop so do her speech and language skills. I don't know if it's because I'm a speech-language pathologist or because I'm her mother that I'm fascinated with the process. It's so interesting to hear her go through various word approximations, trying to find the right combination of sounds for the words she wants to say. For example, "milk" used to be "mo." Then she started saying, "milt," and then moved on to "milch." She seems to be aware that the end sound isn't right, but can't quite get the "k" on the end.
Moving on to her language skills. She is so smart and stores up everything she hears to try out later. It's made me more aware of what I say around her. If I say, "shoot" she says "sh*t" and seems to understand that it's a word that is used when things aren't going right. Much of the comical, or more entertaining, phrases she uses are directly related to her strong personality and two-year-old defiance. When asked to do something, such as "pick up your toys" or "leave your plate on the table" or "please stop jumping on the couch" she invariably (well, almost) responds with one of the following: 1) "No," 2) "Uh-uh," 3) "No, uh-uh," 4) "No way," and my personal favorite, 5) "Sorry, can't help." Sure, it sounds cute in her little voice, but hearing it all day gets old and un-cute.
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I think it's facinating too observing their speech.
At dusk, Miss H will say it's "DARKING".
I think she hears us say "it's getting dark". To be verbally efficient, she combines the words & describes it as "darking".
And I swear the baby says "tickle, tickle". He has most of those sounds and definitely has the smile and tone we use when we say it to him.
I wish you lived closer, so we could see her go through the stages of growing up in person. Thanks for posting on the blog, so we can keep up on the funny things she says and does.
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