I need to build up my evening stamina. I can get through the day okay, but once Monsieur is in bed, all I want to do is collapse and I struggle to form a coherent thought. So many posts rolling around in my head, just a small space of time and energy to pick one […]
Category Archives: Linguistic
Monsieur has decided to call me “mama”. I’m not sure exactly why, but it is a deliberate choice. This was our conversation about a week after he started it: Monsieur Z: I call you “mama” every day now. Me: Yes, you do. Why have you started calling me “mama”? MZ: Because I like to because […]
Two moments today which made us melt with The Cute: This morning, whilst rubbing out a chalk drawing of a monster truck Monsieur said, “Monster truck is tired. It’s rubbing it’s lights” This evening, at the end of bedtime. The current ritual is that Monsieur counts down from a chosen number to zero and we […]
At the last check up with our maternal and child health nurse, the nurse commented on how impressed she was with Master Z’s language. She told me that at two years old, they’re happy with two word sentences, such as “Mummy up” and a handful of words. It just boggles my mind to think about […]
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 […]