making contact
Today (22 Sept 2008), Celestine and Tristan both muttered their first 4-syllable sentences and they were:
“bon-jour pa-pa”
“al-lo mum-my”
“al-lo ko-ko”
Until yesterday, they could only go as far as 3 syllables, mainly for food items:
“ba-na-na”
“po-ta-to”
“pa-pa-ya” (which Tristan insisted until very recently was “Pa-ya-ya”)
It’s also interesting to see how their communication improves as they realize language can get them what they want. The most striking example so far is the word “UP”. We have a rather tall bed which the kids cannot climb on their own; we do however carry them on it in the morning so they can play with the quilt. Nowadays, if we are slow to take them up, they would come to the side of the bed and firmly say “UP”, to which we must comply and take them up. “UP” is also used:
1) when they want to get out of their playpen
2) when they want to be taken out of their feeding chairs
The unstoppable human urge to communicate is well on the way, we look forward to all the conversations to come.
