Words and More Words

Dear Vinny,

You are learning more and more words every day. You've already mastered "Mama," "Dada," and "up" (which actually means "change position" -- you say "up" when you want us to put you down, too!). And you know a few signs -- "more" (which simply means food to you), and "milk."

But we've been working with you to learn more words, especially for some of your favorite things. You can now say "apple" with amazing clarity, "cracker" (although it sounds more like "ca-ca"), and "pr" for "prune." But there was one thing you kept doing that kind of stumped us for a while: you'd point at the ceiling and say "t" -- very aspirated, very clear, and very confusing to your parents. Eventually I figured it out, though -- you were saying "light." When we pronounce the word light for you, we exaggerate it greatly, saying "liii-tt" -- and you were hearing the final t and repeating that.

It will be interesting to see what you pick up next!

Love,
Mommy