I just can't win.
My boys aren't really talkers yet. Dougie says uh-oh, oh-no, bye,
see ya, boo, no, yes, and pizza. Magnus jsut said his first word
last weekend and his second word yesterday. His first word was
'boo!'. He kept doing his really cute, funky dance jump and
getting in Drew's face and shouting boo! and then disolving into
hysterical giggles. Poor Drew had to pretend to be frightened
about 30-40 times in a row. Yesterday, while Ben was cleaning up
Magnus' diaper, Ben called him a poopypants. Magnus said poopy
back.
So last night we had an educational show on tv. Discovery
channels underwater volcanos. Ben and I were having fun telling
Dougie to say 'magma'. He didn't.
This morning while I was fixing their sippies, Dougie walks up to me
and very clearly says magma. Very clear 'g' sound and
everything. The problem here?
Does either boys say 'mommy' yet? No. Dougie will say magma but screw the mommy bit.
Maybe when they are five.
Submitted by
Pete at 3/5/2007 9:57:29 PM- Dougie's iteration of 'magma' the day after you and Ben had encouraged him to do so is an instance of 'deferred imitation' (I pay attention in my child psychology class, I do).
I hearby bequeath half of Gavin's words on your boys. Because it would be nice if he would stop talking now and then. But I'm keeping 'Mommy'. :-P