To think it must be lovely in ds's little world?

[TheHeirOfSlytherin]

He is 2.1 and after a slow start with speech is learning new words every day. I think it's amazing how he talks about the things he sees and thinks about and even though I haven't a clue what on earth he means most of the time.

His day is filled with miaows, mummy, daddy, woof, dinks and choose (drinks with juice), and stars and stones and sticks. Bugs and Zzzz (bees and flies), ee-og (eggs), yog-yog and "MORE!" There are quack quacks and clocks and moons, bins and choo-choos, brum brum and bums and wee-wee and Wheeee and OH NO and uh-oh and things that get Stuck! Everything has to be done Again and there are planes and cranes. 'Poons and keys and (ba)nanas and Nannas. Horseys and baaa and moooo, tweets and squeaks and cluck clucks and Eeeeee spiders and I mustn't forget the raahs and the grrrs.

How amazing to think about all those things and think they're all great. I wonder does he dream of the same things?

Yes I know I am being gushy and possibly pfb but I still think it's wonderful

It is a really cute stage and I am sad it is over forever for me (though I really do not want any more).

I love the beginning to really learn stage too. My DS is just going in to year 1. He can read, he learnt to read so quickly. He is genuis at maths. He showed no interest in words or letters at all before school.

My DD2 is 7 and going in to year 3. She knows so much already that I haven't taught her. She can google stuff, very serious about 'doing research'. She knows how to be the kindest person in the world.

I have had DD1 for 17 years now so there is too much awesomeness for me to gush about on here.

Everything my ds does is done with such pleasure, wonder, amazement how wonderful it must be to see life like that and how sad we don't remember.

Awwww. So cute. I just read your OP to DH, who usually gets a leetle annoyed at my mn addiction & thinks we're all raving mad, but he went all blurry eyed and 'awwwwed' too. Lovely. My DS isn't saying much yet (lots of mamamamamam and dadadadada but not much more) but i often wonder what's going on in his head. Whatever it is, it seems fun

YANBU. Even I get a bit of teary eyed nostalgia at some of DD1's mispronunciations. Leggy socks (tights), elunts, pengmuns yadda yadda.

I have the pleasure of this all over again now. DGD is 19 months old and talking away a treat. At the moment she is rather "instructional" and I got bellowed at the other day for picking up the remote control - after a firm glance I was promptly told "NO, Nanny, norty!" Her two favourite expressions at the moment are "Oh my God!" and "No Way!" - which is why we are all being super careful about what we say.

I'd love to know what ds3 is saying! For the last two days he has said what sounds suspiciously like oh shit!

However other things sound like shit too eg stick, sit so hopefully hes trying to say something else.

19mo DS3 has had a veritable explosion of new almost-words in the last 10 days. Goway for go away is a new one, pirrit for Jake and the Neverland Pirates, voof for dog (and any other furry animal other than a hamster, which is hampa) (he sounds German when he says it which is cute and amusing all at once).

Up and don (for down) is a particular favourite game. I am getting thighs like tree trunks because "Up" is a command for me to stand up, and "Don" is a command for me to crouch down. Repeatedly. With more determination than Billy from Billy's Boot Camp. I reckon I could crack walnuts between my thighs after he makes me play that game for an hour plus each day!

And fizzles for cuddles. I like fizzles.

YANBU

My dcs are now 15 and 13; I really miss the days where they were toddlers and striding about the house making discoveries at every turn. All the cute words and expressions, silly games, stories read before bedtime...

I sometimes wish that they came with a pause button, so I could enjoy those gorgeous toddler years for longer but not the bloody tantrums

It's blood y lovely. Ds has recently gone through that stage and is now putting sentences together. Still have trouble understanding what he says sometimes but I'm also understanding a lot more which is fab. He also sings all the time! Him and my dh serenaded me with baa baa black sheep the other day. 'twas fab

I was gently interrogated by my 5yo PFB last night, prompted by mentioning a car on the road belonged to a neighbour's boyfriend. It went something like

Have you got a bofriend too?
No I am married to daddy so he is my husband.
So did you choose him?
Erm well we chose each other
And you like him the best, he was your favourite and you love him very much?
Er, yes...
So you just bumped into each other? Did you bump heads?
No we just met and liked each other
...
Oh.So you were his favourite too?

And so it went on, I was nearly creasing with the questions after a while

I love watching DS (2.9) play, his little world is amazing yesterday his toy welicoper (helicopter) was rescuing nannas car, before that it was taking peppa pig on holiday!

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So cute!

Ds is 11 months and only just starting to say words (and they're not very clear). But he made me and DH melt yesterday when he said "di duh" for "Diddy the duck" (book).

We have those wonderful "whose" books (whose nose, whose bottom) where they have giant flaps to open up to reveal the animal. He's had them since he was 5 months old and has always loved them but now he giggles everytime he opens the flap and sees the animal!

He is also really chuffed with himself as he's recently started playing peekabo with us where he hides and peeks round. The other day he was laughing hysterically as he hid behind the curtain and peeked out at us. It went on for a good 20 minutes and we were nearly wetting ourselves

I agree his world must be fab although there's a fair amount of frustration too (he's just started walking but doesn't always control it very well!)