Early Prediction of Success?

Ha ha! C's little toy (Violet, from Leapfrog) plays a song that spells C's name. This morning, when it got to the spelling part, C said, "A! A! A! A! A!" Maybe that's what all that spelling sounds like to a baby - or is it a foreshadowing of bad spelling lessons in the future?

Strategy

I had a talk with C today. She refuses to eat anything green. No veggies whatsoever. Yet she doesn't mind picking up any little thing off the living room floor and shoving it in her mouth. She does it with gusto. I tried to point out the fallacy in logic here. She wasn't interested.

Guess I'll have to cover the living room floor with veggies!

Reach Out

 Baby "gets" the phone, but not that it's only the phone.

Picks up toy phone; presses to ear. "'Ewwo?"  

Picks up baby doll; presses to ear.  "'Ewwo?"

Picks up plastic ball; presses to ear.  "'Ewwo?"

So far the ball seems to be the most responsive.  After the initial greeting and a pause, she added, "Beebok!  Bow!"

Onomatopoeia

She says ball, mama, and bye bye. Bet you'll never guess what she says for "hair," though!

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She calls hair “owwWWwww!” because that’s the sound we make when she pulls it!