Caleb is a great big brother. He is always concerned with Joshua, especially when he's crying. He always wants to rescue Joshua when I'm letting him cry it out. Lately he has been rolling around with (wrestling) with Josh. He tells me "I can help Joshy do a trick!"
Caleb learns lots of things from his big sister. He refers to his bedroom as "Me and Caleb's room." If you ask him how to spell his name he says "E-L-I-Z-A." When he gets or asks for a privilege, he says "because I'm the oldest."
Lately he has been super silly. He inserts a form of the word "poop" in any song or sentence. I asked him what songs he sang in nursery at church and he told me (and our dinner company) that they sang "If you're poopy and you know it." He thinks he is hilarious. We are kind of torn on how to handle this behavior. When we make a big deal out of it and tell him (and Eliza) not to say things like that, it makes them want to do it more. If we try to ignore it and hope they'll tire of it and grow up, I'm afraid everyone who hears them will think that we allow them to talk like that. Any suggestions?
Caleb has some funny pronunciations that I don't want to forget:
crahruns= crayons
seeyo=cereal
amimal= animal
fwimming=swimming
Canyafornia=California
Ziza=Liza
In the last several months, Caleb has been dropping the /s/ sound in most initial s-blends.
tory=story
top=stop
criptures= scriptures
tore=store
You get the idea. If ever I don't understand something he is saying ("I took the cab off and it didn't bleed"), I can usually just add an s to the beginning and it makes perfect sense. He didn't use to do this and I don't know why it started (or should I say "tarted). If we say, "say ssssss-nake" he does it just fine.
When I was working on an etsy order the other day, the kids were playing with my paper scraps as they often do. Apparently Eliza took a scrap that Caleb claimed as his own because Caleb exclaimed, "Ziza took my CRAP! Give me my CRAP!" Good thing he doesn't know that word or the above potty mouth issue would be even worse.
2 comments:
I love toddler language, Caleb is such a cutie!
OH, little boys... :) One thing I have read that I try to remember to do with my kids, is that when they are doing something you don't want them to, explain what they should/could do/say instead. Here is a good article on giving information, not commands: http://parentingwithunderstanding.com/2011/08/11/give-information-not-commands/?preview=true&preview_id=97&preview_nonce=a5f6722561
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