I love having conversations with Noah. This morning:
"Are we going to the food house? It has water. It has food. It has cookies. It has jelly beans and chocolate. These are my favorite things."
(the food house is the institute building--an old house--where we have lunch and have a 15 minute church devotional every Thursday. Near holidays the teachers put jelly beans and candy on the tables. Noah never eats the food. just the water and treats if he's sneaky enough and mom isn't paying close enough attention.)
Back to the point. I love these conversations. It shows me what my 2-year old thinks about and remembers. I love that he speaks so clearly too. Mark and I try really hard not to baby talk in our house. And we try to help Noah say things right. I know, we are those annoying parents.
Don't get me wrong, it is super cute when toddlers baby talk but I think it's even cuter when they speak clearly. Here are my other reasons: 1) I hate when baby talk comes out of my mouth on accident when I'm talking to other adults because I hang around Noah all day--the main culprits are fishy and blanky. 2) I do not think it is cute when 4-and 5-year-olds still use baby talk. 3) I just think it's better for speech and learning development.
Here are some baby noah words I will/already miss:
- traxter: tractor
- deet: blanket (this is what he called it when he first started to talk. I HATE the word blanky!!)
- can sastle: sand castle
- the current pronunciation of his sister's probable name; there are no letters or spelling I can think of to spell this out. I guess you'll just have to wait :)
Looking forward to:
- being able to pronounce "L" and "tr" sounds
- the extinction of "blanky" and "fishy" (I know you are all thinking, what a RIDICULOUS thing to have an opinion about Holly. you're probably right.)
- No more of me speaking in third person about what mommy does. This is my own fault really.
I'm sure there are other baby talk things I do that I don't notice (using the word "tummy" probably counts). On the other hand, I do like nonsense words--think: Dr. Seuss.
Apparently, this "correcting of language" has rubbed off on Noah. If you call him anything other than Noah (unless you are Ryan Bond--noah's friend's dad) he will correct you. "No it's not _____, it's Noah." So no nicknames for this kid.
2 comments:
Holly,
I agree with all of your language correction. I see nothing wrong with it, and do not feel it is over the top.
It is hilarious that Noah insists that he is to be called Noah. Leah did a brief stint where Mel couldn't call her anything other than Leah. I was still allowed pet names. Anya for a while insisted her name was "Big Girl". Most, telling, however is that Mark for decades insisted on being nothing but Mark - no Marky, no Mark the Shark, nothing. This was rough on his poor, name-calling mother. He eventually relented, to an extent.
it's true, like father, like son.
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