My Little Chatterbox
pamelamyers | May 26, 2011
Sam has been really starting to talk a lot more which is pretty exciting. She uses more and more words all the time. Some of them she only says once or twice, repeating what we say, sort of like she is trying it on for size. But every new word is a big milestone. Even with all that talking, there is still a lot of pointing and yelling to get her message across. Most of the time we can figure out what she wants but not always. Mark and I keep saying that it will be nice when she is talking more and can actually tell us what she wants, or doesn’t want. I am sure someday we will want to eat those words when she is a little chatterbox and is talking our ears off!
A couple of cute things — I have mentioned how much she loves her bush baby stuffed animal. She still sleeps with him (and a million other stuffed animals) but he is one of her favorites. (Grover is another, but bush baby is her special guy). A lot of times when I am holding her at night in front of her crib trying to get her to relax enough to go into her crib for sleep, she leans over and tries to reach for one of her animals. It is usually bush baby that she wants. It took me a while to figure it out, but I finally realized a few days ago that when she is saying “boo boo” she is referring to her bush baby. And today she said what I really think may be her first two word “sentence”. She said, “good girl”. My mom had called her that and she repeated it.
The thing that prompted the good girl is another story. Without going into too much detail, we have been starting to get some indications that Sam may be ready to at least experiment with potty training. She is definitely not there yet, but she is getting the idea, and starting to make the association with how she feels and the bathroom, which is a big first step. So, this weekend it looks like I will be buying a potty chair so she at least has one in the house. She has starting telling us when she has to go, or when she just went, which is good. I have always heard that potty training can be a nightmare, so here’s hoping that Sam is cooperative!