The Words Come Marching One by One, Hoorah!
I feel like I’ve been trying to catch rain in a bucket for the past year and now, suddenly, I’m caught in a torrential downpour. I’m talking about words. W-O-R-D-S. As in, Archer has them. Them, becoming more plural as the days pass.
Yes! It’s flash-flooding words in the SFTB household and of course, this leaves me speechless.
This morning I went to fetch Archer from his crib and he pointed out the window and said, like second nature, “lookada caca!”
I looked for the caca and sure enough? There it was. A caca!
This isn’t the first time Archer has said “helicopter.” If you’ll recall, many moons ago I posted about Archer’s first word: helicopter, which I suppose still is his first word, except he never said it again after that. Until now.
“Caca! Caca! Caca!”
And then he called me, Rebecca. (Gagecka) So I guess that answers this question.
Hi, this is Howl and I’m Gagecka. Welcome to our home.
And of course, not long after that he told me to shut up: tut-up, Gagaecka!
And let’s see, what else. Oh yeah, I love you sooooo much = Agagaga OOOOOOOOH gunk.
I know these may not sound like real words but it’s happening! His language is becoming some kind of gourmet fusion English/Archerish language that I can actually understand and respond to!
I mean, if this doesn’t call for a party, then I don’t know what does guck guz.
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Congrats Archer, we knew you had it in you. You were just holding out on us. Keep it up!
That is awesome!
Congratulations to you and to Archer. Pretty soon you will look back fondly when he couldn’t talk…
I love my daughter and love that she talks but she gets stuck on sentences and concepts and repeats them over and over and over and over… Sometimes it is enough to make you miss the silence. Other times it makes you happy and your heart burst with joy.
Awww Bec – that is AWESOME!
I read a blog called Willothewisp Blog, it is written by 4 women in Holland. They adopted a deaf boy, and he just started to talk. If you have a sec, check out this lovely post about it here: http://willothewisp.org/WoWBlog/?p=79
…and congratulations to Archer!
That will be my sole reason for partying tonight Archer dude, word.
hurray!!! congratulations!!! I saw that video where he was chucking all of his stuff out of his crib and speaking in “Archerish” and the sound of it really struck me, because the inflections and rhythyms were dead on but the consonants had gone through a blender. It sounded like he was babbling because he chose to, not because of any confusion on his part. I think you’ve got yourself a clever little guy on your hands, Gagecka.
Hooray for Archer!!
archer is awesome! way to go. and btw, my bf has never called his father dad…just john from the moment he could talk. whats in a name anyway? i can’t wait to hear him.
Awww, cute. I love the idea of gourmet fusion language.
Wooohoo!!!
Woohoo, yeah! Before you know it, he will be speaking in clear English that everyone can understand!
I love his shoes…what brand are they? (Ha, this is the second time I’ve asked you this…I *did* get the ‘See Kai Run’ shoes and love them!) Hit me up with an email.
so i am a genius and should have been a doctor. or person who tells other people that nothing is wrong with their child even when the “ists” say there is. Good for Archer. great for you. even though they may take credit because they have seen him a time or two, i bet it was more due to time than anything else. i am so happy for you guys!! wow, strangers made my day
jjlibra: The -ists didn’t say their was anything wrong. An -ian did. Rebeca was recommended by her pediatrician to see an -ist. The -ist said everything looks more or less fine and that he just seems like he doesn’t want to say anything.
It scares me how afraid of -ists people are these days. Most -ists spend years and years learning to do what they do. And these day Doctors tend to be more open and honest about things and recommend -ists more often then in the past. However, isn’t it better to see the -ist early and find out there is no problem then to not see the -ist and risk your childs well being?
Gagecka: Again, awesome Archer is talking! Helicopter is a great word!
oh that’s right- Archer was diagnosed as a bad-ass
I see your point pqbon- my thing is that i work with kids and see too many people being told their child has issues when they don’t. that’s where i’m coming from. i totally agree that it’s better to be safe than sorry. it just seems that nowadays everyone is referred to some sort of ist by an ian. i’m speaking from my experience with children as a teacher for the past 13 years. you may have a different outlook- i welcome all perspectives. that’s how i became a genius. hahahaha!