Every now and then, your children help you re-learn the value of something you otherwise just take for granted.
Like consonants, for example.
Emma has a knack for being able to speak entire paragraphs without using hardly any consonants. In fact, at age 3, we're starting to get mildly concerned and might have her checked out by a speech therapist. But in the mean time, we have the interesting challenge of trying to figure out what she's talking about.
Lately, she's been extremely interested in cats...or kitties. Or, in her case, titties. It's an interesting situation, as she's *always* talking about titties. And heck, she's even using consonants this time...just not the right ones!
So if anyone hears Emma's titty talk, please don't blush or criticize...she's just talking cats.
And making me yearn for the day that she picks up a few other consonants in her bag of tricks. Because for goodness sake, they're pretty important after all.
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That reminds me of the way one of my children used to say "dumptruck" with an 'f' rather than 'tr,' and a silent 'p'.
Ha! Consanants are indeed important. Witness the huge difference between "pasties" and "panties."
It reminds me of Maia talking about her big ol' butt, until we realized she was trying to say "big-girl bed." And she had huge problems with "Fox in Socks":
"What should we read tonight, Bug?"
"F*ckin' sucks, Mama! F*ckin sucks!"
I think Emma's just in tune with the fact that there's a nursing baby at home...
:)
Anne
Catherine, you're just yanking my chain by mentioning 'pasties' again, aren't you?....
(as in, paas-tees vs paste-ees...)
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