Part of our bedtime routine (post bath and nightgown) is to slowly enunciate words to Alice and wait for her babbling response. Lately she has taken to furrowning her tiny brows and slowly pronouncing an aproximation of her name: "Aaaallllyygg".
Last night Tony said "Hi Alice, how are you?" Alice turned to face her daddy and said very distinctly, "Hi."
Shocked we looked at each other and grew misty eyed. Alice is used to our cheerful exclimations following her every peep so this heavy silence made her nervous. So she said in a quavery worried voice, "Hi?"
We burst into reassuring applause and she continued her happy burbling monologue of "guhs" and "yahs" with the occasional distinct "Hi." She has no idea what it means, but she can say it.
This morning I woke up to this smiling face and my daughter saying, "Hi"
Good stuff.
3 comments:
That is super advanced, yo.
My Mom is visiting this weekend and she said I spoke early but learned to walk waaaaayyyy late. So it is possible that our genetic code was formed for folks who don't hunt or gather but do order take-out.
"So it is possible that our genetic code was formed for folks who don't hunt or gather but do order take-out." Hahaha! That made me laugh out loud. Good one!
What a CUTE little face! Lovely picture. And that Alice... wow...impressive stuff.
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