Some of my favorite words in Zeth's vocabulary today:dYesss (Yes) - With a smiling emphatic head nodding.
No - No tears or dramatics, usually just matter of fact expressing his desires or intentions.
Ka-ka (this means anything that is dirty, messy, smelly or otherwise questionable in appearance)
Aa-poo (N’a plus is French for ‘no more’ and is usually pronounced at the end of each bottle)
Ba-Ba (bottle) - We’re going to have a very hard time weaning this kid from his bottle. He still wakes up around 3a just about every morning for a bottle. If I’m anywhere accessible, he insists on me holding him in my lap to feed him. He loves to play with/pull on hair while quaffing back a ba ba. I love these cuddly moments too much to rush him out of this habit.
Hott - Learning to differentiate temperatures, anything not room temp is deemed Hot. He'll blow to help the cooling effort even if it's something very cold.
Ma Ma - A recent game is to yell out Ma Ma repeatedly as if playing Marco Polo, until he can see me and then continues to herald my auspicious title even when I’m standing right beside him.
Dad-dee – Have I mentioned what a wonderful daddy Ram is to our kids? He’s truly wonderful with them.
Dod-de (doggy) - Sometimes it’s hard to differentiate between Daddy & doggie but he absolutely adores doggies.
Bawl – our house is always littered with balls. His favorite ball game is to throw balls from the kitchen to the living room over the kitchen counter then run around and throw them back again. Tuck – Trucks and other large vehicles are very exciting at this age.
Ba-bat or Ba-ba-bats - Enjoys wildly splashing water everywhere in the bath tub. The other night he found a new way to do cannonballs and would exclaim 'ba-boom' as he would jump up and land smack on his behind in the water. Looked painful to me but he was unphased and undeterred in his task to empty the contents of the tub onto the floor. His big sis was doing her part to help too of course.
Ba – You gotta pay attention to context with this word because sometimes it can mean “ball,” sometimes it’s the shortened form of “ba-ba” and yet other times, it’s southern drawl for “bye.”
Dee-doo – (Thank you) He is very polite and almost always says dee-doo at the appropriate moment.
Mah-men (Amen) When we say prayers, he will typically fold his arms and bow his head and hold that pose for about 3-seconds. But at the end of the prayer, he stops whatever he’s doing and will say “mah-men” along with us.
When he’s being naughty and hitting someone, we’ll tell him to stop and “be nice.” He usually thinks about it for a few seconds then almost always his better nature will prevail and he’ll lean over and give his victim a kiss and sometimes pet their head softly.
He is asserting his independence at meals more and more insisting on eating his food with his own fork/spoon. He just wants to feed himself usually and will reject being fed when he knows he can do it himself. This is great except when we want to keep his clothes clean. I tried using a bib but that effort was as futile as putting lipstick on a fish.
He loves taking responsibility for putting his own dirty diapers in the trash can pronouncing ‘Ka Ka’ almost in a reverent whisper all the way then giving himself a round of applause when the task is complete.
Mr. Rhythm & Soul loves to dance by bouncing and spinning in circles with his arms up in the air. He imitates his sister whenever he can and frequently can be heard imitating his favorite you tube Crazy Frog clip. I personally prefer Zeth’s ‘ouWeeeeeeh’ to the original version. He has no fear of pain as evidenced by his head-first dive rolls on this clip of tandem gymnastics with his sister.
He waves goodbye with his palms facing up clinching his fingers open & closed in fists. Dad-dee thinks he’s trying to throw a Spiderman web with this action but so far, no webs. Naturally he blows generous kisses along with the farewell Spidy-web-waves.
