It's MY Drink.
Originally uploaded by wavybrains.
It seems like just the other day that we were wondering when Tavy would figure out how to put two words together. Then I had my gallbladder out on May 29, and she said, "SEE MAMA" for six hours straight. Over the next month, she started attaching owners to all items and tasks. "Mama bag!" "Mama Sit!" and then great galloping gizards, by Uncle Monkey's wedding on the 27th of June (less than a month!!) she was putting together little sentences pretty reliably and using words with purpose and inviting conversation. "Mama rock?" "Need Iss-You! (tissue)" "Nanny read book!" Around that time, she decided to name herself. "I" seemed too formal for Miss T while "Me" seemed so barbaric. And Tavy has T which she can't handle yet, so she named herself "IE" (EYE-EE). In the last week, she pretty much repeats or attempts everything we say, which is amazing to watch.
One of her latest words is "share." She says this like CHAR with an commanding tone envied by drill sergeants everywhere. It's like she is charbroiling her world with her caustic demands. To wit:
Scene: In my kitchen, I'm pouring my coffee and adding milk.
Tavy: Mama Milk! Mama YaYa!
Me: Yep. Having my milk in my mama water. Not for babies. Not for Tavy.
Tavy: Mama CHAR milk! (Keep in mind that we have been unable to convince her to drink anything other water with any regularity, but hope springs eternal).
Me (pouring a tiny mug of milk to match my coffee mug): Tavy's Milk!
Tavy: IE CHAR! IE CHAR MAMA MILK! (And thus milk banks are invented . . .)
FIVE SECONDS LATER . . .
Tavy: CHAR?
Me (distracted): No, I have my own . . .
Tavy: Oh no! Sit Sit CHAR! Sit Sit CHAR Milk! Oh no! No CHAR! No CHAR!
Commence the crying over split milk.
You have completely captured toddlerese. I love when they start speaking like that. It's so sweet and I don't look forward to them beginning to use the correct words even though I know it must come eventually.
Posted by: Megan | July 10, 2009 at 07:12 AM