We celebrated Master Z’s second birthday last week. Photos to come but it’s definitely time for some snippets about Master Z, right now. He sings the ABC song daily. It’s like his comfort song. He is experimenting with fast and slow versions. He’s also experimenting with versions where he doesn’t close his mouth for any […]
Category Archives: Baby/Toddler Development
Way back in about October I started noting down new words, for another linguistic post. I’m doing this because I am finding that my memory is already hazy about what development occurred when, so far in Master Z’s life. The way my memory is going, if he ever asks me as an adult something like, […]
Conversation between Master Z and his godfather yesterday. G: What does a lion say, Master Z? Z: Roar! G: What do two lions say? Z: (thinks about it) … Roars! The language geek in me is absolutely delighting in each step of language acquisition and application. So, so fascinating, and resulting in some incredibly cute […]
It’s official. Our boy has cat DNA. Tonight while in the bath he was giving me lots of very wet cuddles and miaowing to me. I asked if he was my cat boy and he replied “ohkay”. For the rest of the bath, he continued to cuddle and miaow and say “cat boy” to me. […]
Like a stone rolling down a hill, some developmental leaps just keep coming faster and faster. This has been a week, maybe a fortnight but certainly no longer than that, of developmental leaps for both Master Z and myself. Linguistically, Master Z is making the connection of possession and “for”, as in “for somebody”. He […]
