Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Oh yes, kids do say the darndest things.


Us: Oh look, there's Dora! and Boots!
Baby: Ga-ga!
Us: Can you say "Do... Ra..., Do-Ra"!
Baby: Ga-ga! (Claps her hand gleefully)
Us: Where's Dora?
Baby: Ga-ga!
Us: How about Do... Ra?
Baby: Boot.


Yes, without the "s". 


This stemmed from the time when she could only gurgle and coo and say just a couple of syllables, one of them being "Ga".  When we introduced her to Dora cartoons, she was so happy she kept on saying "Ga-ga!".  The preceding conversation pattern then became commonplace.


Well, at least she can say "Boot".
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Us: Do you want to go out to walk?
Baby: Go-go! Go-go!
Us: Let's go and walk outside!
Baby: Wo. Wo.
Us: Do you want to chase the butterflies?
Baby: Chesh, chesh.  Bat-ta. (Then goes running after them)
Us: You look tired now.  Let's go sit down.
Baby: Syit, syit.


She does not have a pure "s" sound yet.  When she tries it out, it comes out as "sh".  Like "chipsh", "gipsh" (grapes).


Go on, try saying "syit" out loud. 
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Us: Wow, look at the birds flying.
Baby: (While craning her head upwards) Ba-dee, ba-dee.
Us: And there's a dog.
Baby: Hi de, do. (Hi there, dog.)
Us: And there's a cat.
Baby: Cat, cat.
Us: And look, there's a frog.
Baby: Fwok.
Us: Can you say "frog"?
Baby: Fwok.
Us: How about "froggie"?
Baby: Fwok.


She can utter the hard "g" sound for Dora/Ga-ga, but not for frog.


We can't win.
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Baby: Mi-mi! Mi-mi!
Us: Oh, so you want milk?
Baby: Mi-mi! Mi-mi! (Happily chugs her milk)
 
Baby: (Upon seeing a glass of water) Cok, cok.
Us: That's water, not Coke. Water.
Baby: Cok. (Then cheerfully drinks the water)
 
Baby: (Upon seeing a pitcher of juice) Cok, cok.
Us: That's juice, not Coke.  Juice.
Baby: Cok. (Then eagerly drinks the juice)
 
When the little one saw a bottle of Coca-cola, she pointed to it, and kept her finger up until we told her what it was.
 
We told her it was "Coke".  Then she saw us pour it into glasses and drink it.
 
Thereafter, everytime she wanted a drink (except for milk), she would say just one word.
 
"Cok" is it.