Vinny's Vocabulary

Dear Vinny,

Your vocabulary is expanding all the time. Daddy has worked with you to teach you to say "down" when you want down, rather than "up" -- a word which, to you, indicated bidirectional motion. You are also beginning to differentiate between milk and juice. (Previously, milk meant all liquids, whereas now, milk means milk, and juice means juice, but also soup.) You think that all round fruit that's not citrus is probably an apple. I've tried to teach you the word "pear" but I don't think you've differentiated those fruits just yet. You've learned the difference between a cat and a dog, although it's not clear which word you will choose for animals that are neither cats nor dogs. You still call dogs "oofs," and you also call cats by the sound they make, which sounds kind of like "mnow."

You say the numbers one through five, although not in any particular order so I don't think you really understand what they mean. You've strung some words together into sentences -- the first one was a couple of weeks ago when you said "Milk all gone. More milk?" (phonetically, it was more like "k gagang. Mo k?") I got you some more milk after that accomplishment!

Daddy has always joked around about your "cheesy feet." He says that your feet smell like cheese. He has (inadvertently?) trained you to lift your foot to his nose when he says the words "cheesy feet." Daddy likes to horse around with you a lot. He has found that you are very ticklish in your armpit and on your chest. You laugh that deep belly laugh when he tickles you, and I know that you enjoy it very much.

You are becoming more dramatic in your use of the word "no." Now, you sometimes scream it in agony when cruel Mommy and Daddy are wiping your face with a wet washcloth or changing your diaper. It's kind of hard to keep from chuckling when you do that!

Love,
Mommy