As I mentioned in a previous post, I was relatively comfortable calling “baby” Reilly’s first word. Unfortunately, after a day of saying “baby” approximately fifty times, Reilly has never said the word again. Since this blog is only full of honesty and truisms, I regretfully and officially redact “baby” as her first word.
In another previous post, I explained how Reilly loves to play with her stuffed kittens, and how she sometimes will share one with me. When she gives me a kitten to hold, I say, “Thank you.”
Politeness is important in our family. For example, last night, while eating dinner, Reilly offered Shawn a piece of her cheddar cheese. Shawn took it and said, “thank you.”
And Reilly said, “day doo.”
Shawn and I looked at each other and said, “thank you!”
And Reilly said, “day doo.”
Then, Shawn and I said, “YAY! Her first words!”
I think 'baby' was just one of her first words. She said it enough- it's in her vocabulary. Now she is adding 'thank you' to her vocabulary and will say that for a bit before retiring it to practice her next word. Once she gets a few under her belt she will put a couple together, then a few, then a sentence and so on.
ReplyDeleteI think that is how language works but I'm not an expert- just a Grandma.
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