By the time our 3rd child arrived we knew that we had to hold onto those little words because they vanish without warning. So not only did we cherish those words, we encouraged them this time around. Take for instance, the word YELLOW. One of my favorite words to hear because it is pronounced LELLO from my little man.
But it happened. Long before my heartstrings were ready. He said it. He actually said Y-ellow this week. I even tried to correct him by saying 'Lellow, lellow, honey it's lellow.'
You're so silly mommy. It's Y-y-yellow.
Oh, alright.
I'll give that one up, but if any of you tells him that the stuff growing in our garden is not 'SHABBEGE', I'll come after you with my lello pitchfork!
I hope you've recorded some of their sweet, special ways of saying things. I'm hanging on to ours as long as I can. I've already told my brother, Jason, that I'll continue to call him Gigi long after the children stop! There's no reason YOU can't keep saying lello.
ReplyDeleteMy oldest has just stopped saying lello and it's breaking my heart. Everyday for breakfast we would have fuffles (waffles) and ostrich (sausage). I still call it that in hopes that the baby will pick up on it.
ReplyDeleteI love this post. This is the story of my life....except we are in speech therapy. When my daughter lets go of a word and pronounces it correctly, I cheer outside, but my insides forever say the word the way it was at first.....
ReplyDeletePrim-press (princess)
nilk (milk)
tactwer (tractor)
Love your blog. :)
I miss my baby's orshons...aka oranges. *sniff*
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