Baby D started off in an unconventional fashion with "Emmm", which Mommy D was very pleased to be called. He then decided to confirm and switched to "Mamma", very sweet on the ears. Baby D used it effectively, to demand pizza, or stop momma from visiting the loo or just to welcome her back from work.
He then added to his vocabulary - "nahin". "Nahin" means a lot of things, but sometimes it does mean "no" and so we count it as a real word too. Baby D says "nahin" when he doesn't want to be diapered or doesn't care to be shirted or doesn't want to eat. What's important is that he's learnt to say no early in life.
Next came "ight". We only discovered what "ight" is recently - "light". Baby D repeats "ight", every time we say "light". And, we have no idea why this figures in his first three words list. By a very long shot, perhaps he inherits his Mommy D's love for Diwali, or more simply he just likes lights!
Baby D in fact knows more words than he can say. He can tell "Where's light", "where's fan", "Where's Papa", "Where's nani" and "Where's mamma", the last one with a happy sort of grunt. Of course he responds once, if you keep asking him over and over, he just loses patience and gives an angry little growl as if to say "Get a grip, haven't I just told you!"
Attempts are on to get him to say "Papa". When told "say Papa", he responds with an impish smile and says "mamma" much to Mommy D's ill concealed delight.
And so, on the cusp of his 11th month, birthday - we have a clever little Baby D with a three word bilingual vocabulary and a mini dictionary in his head, that he hasn't quite learn to say yet.
He then added to his vocabulary - "nahin". "Nahin" means a lot of things, but sometimes it does mean "no" and so we count it as a real word too. Baby D says "nahin" when he doesn't want to be diapered or doesn't care to be shirted or doesn't want to eat. What's important is that he's learnt to say no early in life.
Next came "ight". We only discovered what "ight" is recently - "light". Baby D repeats "ight", every time we say "light". And, we have no idea why this figures in his first three words list. By a very long shot, perhaps he inherits his Mommy D's love for Diwali, or more simply he just likes lights!
Baby D in fact knows more words than he can say. He can tell "Where's light", "where's fan", "Where's Papa", "Where's nani" and "Where's mamma", the last one with a happy sort of grunt. Of course he responds once, if you keep asking him over and over, he just loses patience and gives an angry little growl as if to say "Get a grip, haven't I just told you!"
Attempts are on to get him to say "Papa". When told "say Papa", he responds with an impish smile and says "mamma" much to Mommy D's ill concealed delight.
And so, on the cusp of his 11th month, birthday - we have a clever little Baby D with a three word bilingual vocabulary and a mini dictionary in his head, that he hasn't quite learn to say yet.
