Now that Ethan is starting to "talk" more, we've had fun hearing his own little version of different words. Here are some that make us laugh right now (I'll try to write them phonetically):
-"wa-du" is water or any type of liquid.
-"fla-du" is a flower, which Ethan loves to blow on (we can't figure out why he blows on flowers rather than smells them?!).
-"spi-du" is a spider or anything that resembles a bug (including a piece of black lint on the floor in our bedroom!).
-"Me-mo" is Nemo, of Finding Nemo. If he can't think of anything else to say, he pulls this one out.
-"Lu-ey" is my parents' dog, Lucy. It's funny, because now even Mom calls her Louie.
-"Go" is a car.
-"Pa-pu" is my Dad, who was originally "Papper" (like Pastor), but Ethan changed his name to Papu, and I don't think Dad is too keen on it!
-"Fa-fel" is a waffle, part of his favorite meal--breakfast!
-"Man-na" is a banana, the other part of his favorite meal.
-"Dar-der" is his cousin Carter-his favorite play buddy.
-"Beat" is his pacifier, which we call a binky. When he wakes up at night and drops his binky out of his crib, we hear him wailing, "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh beat!" It's pretty funny (and way too dramatic). Speaking of, if anyone has any ideas of getting rid of a pacifier, pleast let me know. I tried the whole cutting off part of it until it was gone, but then it started ripping and I had to throw it away so he wouldn't swallow part of it. Any other ideas would be much appreciated!
You forgot his "w" word, but I guess that'd be hard to type out!
ReplyDeletePacifier - we just took it cold turkey. Jacob literally threw his in the backyard to the birds after the dentist told him too! Go figure!
They were all older than Ethan though - in the 2 1/2 - 3 year old range. And I'm not too proud to admit it! LOL
Well, we might be making a little progress. The two 12 month "binkies" he had literally fell apart and all I had were some infant "Mams" (which he has never used) in the gift drawer. So, in an emergency situation the other night I pulled those out and he loves them. That makes me feel a little better since they're supposed to be more "orthodontic" and they're smaller. But I have to say: he looks ridiculous walking around with them in his mouth. I'll have to try the bird thing, though. That sounds interesting! Thanks for the advice.
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