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larryhammerTBD is two years and eleven months old, and it's even harder to remember not yet actually three.
Friends who haven't seen TBD for several months (or in a couple cases a year) have been struck by the changes: this is now a much more secure child, with a confidence in people and the world, not to mention self. Also a child who takes comfort from both parents -- sometimes preferentially Janni yays.
Achievements unlocked in the last month include playing the harmonica (breathing both out and in), using a screwdriver (with assistance steadying it), and chained "Why?" questions (though current favorite question is "What's that sound?"). More singing in general both learned and invented, both in English and otherwise -- including belting out "Twinkle Twinkle" and a "Baba Finger" variant of "Father Finger". There's also an obsession with making certain that I don't sing "Low Bridge" at bedtime, with the prohibition repeated at least once a day (though twice the song has been demanded, go fig).
Invisible friends come and go like soot sprites. Speaking of which, Dhowie may or may not have been a soot sprite (from known from My Neighbor Totoro), as at least once she was clapped between hands before disappearing. Others since then have been even more transitory -- names get mentioned, most of them invented rather than borrowed from people she knows, and then dropped with sometimes bewildering speed. "Where's X?" remains the most important question about them, though.
We've discovered -y as an all-purpose diminutive, adding it to all sorts of nouns (including globe-y and the stuffie now named Sheepy). Intermitently, though -- and with the flip side of Mommy/Daddy sometimes getting shortened to Mom/Dad. More interesting, Mama seems to be moving into a name for mother, with grandmothers shifting over to Grandma or Gramma (the pronunciations are nearly the same). Baba still is grandfather, though. Another amusing address is Mommydaddy, generically meaning "one of you two", which has been taking on almost pronominal usage.
Other pronunciations are clarifying, though th- remains elusive and likely will for some time. Syllables more complex words sometimes get shortened, such as s'ghetti with meatballs. Other talking, talking:
Auntie Y: "Do you know how to say strawberry in Chinese?"
TBD: "Yeah."
Auntie Y: "You do? Can you say it?"
TBD: "Strawberry in Chinese."
(concrete thinking in action)
TBD: "It died?"
Janni: "Yes, the flower died."
TBD: "Died like people?"
"Where do fish go work?"
(I jotted down a few more that trod into privacy areas and supressed -- something I suspect will happen more and more.)
And yeah, we're already planning the birthday party for the end of the month. Such is the life.
---L.
Subject quote from "Strength," Roth d'Lux.
Friends who haven't seen TBD for several months (or in a couple cases a year) have been struck by the changes: this is now a much more secure child, with a confidence in people and the world, not to mention self. Also a child who takes comfort from both parents -- sometimes preferentially Janni yays.
Achievements unlocked in the last month include playing the harmonica (breathing both out and in), using a screwdriver (with assistance steadying it), and chained "Why?" questions (though current favorite question is "What's that sound?"). More singing in general both learned and invented, both in English and otherwise -- including belting out "Twinkle Twinkle" and a "Baba Finger" variant of "Father Finger". There's also an obsession with making certain that I don't sing "Low Bridge" at bedtime, with the prohibition repeated at least once a day (though twice the song has been demanded, go fig).
Invisible friends come and go like soot sprites. Speaking of which, Dhowie may or may not have been a soot sprite (from known from My Neighbor Totoro), as at least once she was clapped between hands before disappearing. Others since then have been even more transitory -- names get mentioned, most of them invented rather than borrowed from people she knows, and then dropped with sometimes bewildering speed. "Where's X?" remains the most important question about them, though.
We've discovered -y as an all-purpose diminutive, adding it to all sorts of nouns (including globe-y and the stuffie now named Sheepy). Intermitently, though -- and with the flip side of Mommy/Daddy sometimes getting shortened to Mom/Dad. More interesting, Mama seems to be moving into a name for mother, with grandmothers shifting over to Grandma or Gramma (the pronunciations are nearly the same). Baba still is grandfather, though. Another amusing address is Mommydaddy, generically meaning "one of you two", which has been taking on almost pronominal usage.
Other pronunciations are clarifying, though th- remains elusive and likely will for some time. Syllables more complex words sometimes get shortened, such as s'ghetti with meatballs. Other talking, talking:
Auntie Y: "Do you know how to say strawberry in Chinese?"
TBD: "Yeah."
Auntie Y: "You do? Can you say it?"
TBD: "Strawberry in Chinese."
(concrete thinking in action)
TBD: "It died?"
Janni: "Yes, the flower died."
TBD: "Died like people?"
"Where do fish go work?"
(I jotted down a few more that trod into privacy areas and supressed -- something I suspect will happen more and more.)
And yeah, we're already planning the birthday party for the end of the month. Such is the life.
---L.
Subject quote from "Strength," Roth d'Lux.
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Date: 3 April 2016 12:20 am (UTC)