Zelda verbal progress linked to mean mommy!
So earlier this week Zelda pronounced her longest most complete sentence to date (that we heard, understood, and noted at least). As I GENTLY brushed her hair with the old eco-friendly toddler brush, Zelda said to me” Stop, Mommy, I don’t like it that.”
Since then I hear some variation of those words ALL day long. (non, non Papa was a previous favorite) This expressive progress is in contrast to other her new phrase, in popular use I think mostly because it annoys Tomo “Ne” used for “this, that.” or anything she is too lazy to name although she knows it. It amuses me and makes me think of Monty Python’s “Knights of NI!” so I let it go, name object and move on. Tomo gets a kick out of making her name the “ne” and it turns out she knows a LOT of words and adjectives when pressed. No examples come to mind though.
The reason for the posting title is that I remember the first time Zelda expressed multiple words at once, and it was a sad sad poem, all Maman’s fault (when I was Maman still). It was early this year and we were trying to train her to go to sleep without bouncing her. SO I would lay down with her and you know, try to go to sleep, or at least get her to sleep so I could get up for the rest of the evening. Well, she thought it was fun, and wea playing, laughing, trying to engage me, singing etc. and finally I told her that if she wasn’t tired and wanted to play, then I was going to get up and leave her to play alone. After this threat a few times, I carried through and said ok, you play now, Maman is going. I got up, left the room and walked out across the hall into the study, where Tomo gaped at me having heard it all on the baby monitor. I hadn’t had the chance to say anything to Tomo before we heard Zelda at the door of the bedroom crying for me. In other words, lightning fast she had gotten to the side of the bed, rolled on her belly off the bed (proud we’d taught her that) and RAN in the near dark to the door.
Anyhow, she agreed after that to calm down, but holding me she tearily said over and over “Maman go, Nononon” Very sad. First combo speech, again all my fault.