Bringing up baby: Vocabulary

Tilly knows quite a lot of words, more than he uses with me.

Pikelet.

Okay.

Is that Mummy?

There's Daddy.

Fly.

This way.

Huge.

Hard.

Carriage escort.

Ambush.

Gorons.

Snow peak.

Skull shooting.
Skype machine.
Breakfast.

Uh oh where it go?
Baby sharing.
This way dog.

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12 January 2013: Zebra crossing

Tilly practised crossing at a pedestrian crossing. I called it "zebra crossing" at first. So, Tilly insisted on crossing to find the zebras. D'oh. We had to cross back. Then cross again to look for zebras. We walked along but didn't find any zebras.

Later on, Tilly attempted another zebra hunt with Daddy.

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11 January 2013: enounciation, and finger spelling It was so hot and humid last night - maybe due to the Australian fires, the South fires - I brought out the fan. It whirred loudly. It fascinated Tilly.

"Fan," I pointed it to him.

"Fam," he tried the word.

"Fan," I said,"with an 'N'. Nih"

"Fam," he tried again.

"Fan," I finger-spelled the word. "F. A. N. Nih."

"Fam."

"Fan." I racked my memory for an 'N' word familiar to him. "F. A. N. Like in 'No'"

"Fan," he said.

Gosh, phonics is useful at such a young age! I'm gonna look for some.

Bringing up baby: pretty

Tilly admires his handiwork. (c) ^_^ 2013

Bringing up baby: essentials for travelling downstairs

essentials 12jan13 (c) ^_^ 2013

Bringing up baby: "Falling!"

One of my most cherished memories: Tilly learning the word "Falling!"

One night near the end of last year (November?) after bath-time, before nappy-time, Tilly was busy mucking around on the spare bed (inherited, king-sized). The bed has 3 plumped up pillows.

Tilly experimented with the pillows. He flops on one, and chortles "Oh no!" He flops on number two, and chortles "Oh no!" He bounces on number three, and chuckles "Oh no!". Again. And again. And again.

Let's call it five minutes of pillow-play; soundtrack: "Oh no!"

I am sympathetic to this play. What is more fun than full-body bouncing around on a soft bouncy surface?

There's just one permutation he missed out on...

"Tilly, let me show you something-"

I stack the pillows, one on top of the other. Its height equals that of Tilly.

His eyes gleam at the potential.

He throws himself onto the stack. He bounces off. "Oh no!"

"Oh no! you're falling Tilly!"

His alert hearing picks up a new word.

"Falling!!"

He bull-rushes at the stack of pillows. He bounces off. "Falling!!" Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!"  Bull-rush. Bounce. "Falling!!" 

Naked toddler. Bouncing off pillows. Yodelling "Falling!"

Priceless.

Bringing up baby: Memory - dancing

One of my favourite activities with Tilly: dancing.

Most of the time Our Song is "Umbrella" covered by The Baseballs. (youtube)

He used to be much shorter than me, so I'd haul him up onto our dining room chair to get to my height, and then I'd dance around him; twirls, be-bops, half-hugs. It culminates in his big scene.

He is heaved-ho'd and swung out off the chair, then laid out on the floor (on a mat) and then quickly pulled up Whoosh! into a fling.

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It was lovely to have him so eager to dance. The moment he heard the opening notes, he'd rapidly search for His Chair to dance in. Yes, kiddo, I did smirk at Christmas when your chair was appropriated for Christmas lunch, and you couldn't find it to dance in.

The last laugh was on me, as now he doesn't even try to use His Chair anymore. sigh. He's close enough to my height, where I can do twirls under his arm (if I bend down limbo style).

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Anyhow, dancing with him is one of my fondest memories. Definitely makes the Bucket List.

Bringing up baby: 7 clothes named!

Tired. Again.

Still, managed to name seven of Tilly's clothes so he can wear them to daycare and have them be returned to him.

There's at least seven and seven more.

Bringing up baby: Holiday edition

I've had a splendid holiday with my family. I've done many of the things I've wanted to do for the past few weeks when summer arrived.

* Went to the zoo.
* Went to Panmure Lagoon pool - splashpad.
* Played in playgrounds whenever possible.
* Went to the beach (Mission Bay), and playground.
* Visited One Tree Hill, and playground.
* Enjoyed tea & biscuit with Tilly (31 Dec 2012).
* Enjoyed playing with Tilly.
* Had lunch just with husband. (Turns out he's Daddee too, as we both missed Tilly.)

This morning Tilly settled in very well at day care.