Polly is ready and wants another bite

It’s funny because you don’t realize how much you say certain words and phrases until your little parrot of a daughter starts repeating them back to you. This weekend Baby B started saying, “Ready?” and it always comes out in question form with the middle syllables drawn out slightly and always said in her cute, high-pitched voice. “Reeeaaady?” After she started saying it, I began to realize just how often I say it, and it’s all the time apparently! Before changing her diaper. Before swinging her around. Before dinnertime. Before putting her in the bath. You get the idea.

I love her little exclamations, too. She’s said “uh-oh” for quite a while now, but she recently added, “Whoa!” to the list. I don’t know why, but that one makes me laugh nearly every single time she says it, I think because it reminds me of some air-headed surfer dude. “Whoa!” And it’s not just that she says it, but it’s always at appropriate times.

She’s recently become obsessed with birds, and she’ll spot one from down the street, pointing to it and saying very matter-of-factly: “Birrrr!” I swear this kid may be a bird herself with those eagle eyes of hers.

In addition to telling us “bye-bye” at bedtime, she now tells us “nigh-nigh.” Sometimes during the day, she’ll pull a blanket or pillow over her, lie down, and declare: “Nigh-nigh!”

Perhaps the biggest advancement in her talking has been stringing together very basic two-word “sentences,” beginning with “more bite” when she either wants something else to eat or wants something that’s on our plate.

The language development that I see happen right before my very eyes each day is simply amazing.