12-29-2004, 03:57 AM
DeeBye,Dec 22 2004, 06:20 AM Wrote:I'm constantly amazed at his vocabulary, even though he has a hard time pronouncing stuff. It's like his brain knows what he wants to say, but his mouth just doesn't yet have the manual dexterity to say it correctly.
When I got home from work today, he came running up to me with a broken toy. It was a pair of toy plastic pliers that he managed to break apart. He shoved the broken halves at me and yelled what sounded like "UH OH BOKE DADDY FIZ?" What he really meant to say (and I was perfectly able to understand) was "Uh oh, I seem to have accidently broken this toy. I am asking you, father dearest, if you might be able to fix it for me."
I love listening to my son talk. He especially loves talking to telemarketers when they call me in the middle of dinner.
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I have a 3 year old daughter, who is using words like "actually" or saying something like "that was totally funny" or "I have decided" - isn't it amazing that kids pick up language so quickly? She is picking up Spanish at school and by watching Dora (and can count to 10 in Spanish).
I don't know if this is your first child, but if it is, you're eventually going to remember the days when your son couldn't talk yet fondly. But then again, that could be the difference between boys and girls. I know that both of my daughters WOULD NOT SHUT UP. They started talking the minute they woke up to the minute you told them to go to sleep. I don't think that I really talked all that much, but then again, I am the middle son, and 3 of 4 children total, and was pretty much ignored.
Having your 3 year old son talk to telemarketers? Now THAT is an awesome idea! Wish I had thought of that or known about that before we were put on the Do Not Call listing.
If you want your child to be multilingual, now is the time to get him started. The earlier you get them started, you'll be able to avoid their getting locked into a certain way of verb conjigation (sp?).
Enjoy this time with your son. The teenage years are coming. Cherish this time with him. (And if you have other children, them too.
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