On watching my little one learn the power of words
Airplane. Awesome! Chopper. No! Gabba. Mine!
What do these words have in common? They’re my 19-month-old son’s favorite words right now.
Every day, I’m delighted to hear my son, Li’l D, learn and use more words. Most of these are nouns, but occasionally they express more abstract concepts like feelings. En route to visit his dad last week, for example, he exclaimed loudly and repeatedly how “happy!” he was.
I was a little surprised to turn around two minutes later and find him fast asleep. Apparently being happy is a seriously “seepy”-making endeavor!
Once in a while, he’ll put words together into more complex ideas. He’s been using his first two-word sentence (“It’s hot!”) for a few months, but his first three-word sentence popped up about two months ago. Li’l D simultaneously signed and said: “Mo peaz, mama!” (“More please, mama!”)
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