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Thursday, January 20, 2005
She said what!
 At 20 months, Clara may be a bit late in talking. The babies I know that are her age or younger already have a number of words in their vocalbulary. What did I have? Just "mama". There is "dada" but she would call anybody that. There is also "der der" which could mean anything she's pointing to. I worry about it (in the back of my mind) but I could see that she knows the words but when I try to teach her to how say a word, she'll just smile shyly and either hug me or run away to play.
I reassure myself saying it is because we are a bilingual household. Everybody at home speaks English and Tagalog. Clara is exposed to English and Tagalog tv shows. She is very vocal and can understand when she's been talked to and talked about (in both languages). I rationalize that she just needed time to figure out everything in her head. Yesterday, Clara uttered her first real word other than "mama". My sister-in-law called to her and Clara responded with Ano? ...which is the Filipino word for "what". My SIL got all excited and called me to hear what Clara said. SIL called out to Clara again and, with my own eyes, saw her answering with ano? I couldn't believe it...she's finally figuring out how to vocalize the words in her head. yay!.... relief!... joy!... she's talking... sob ( a little on the inside)... my baby's growing up so fast... sigh... |
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