Talking like a grownup
pamelamyers | July 28, 2016
While on the way home from Grandmom’s today, Sam was babbling away in the backseat, like usual. Sometimes she is talking to me, sometimes to her toys, and sometimes to imaginary friends. Unless I know she is telling me something, I tune it out most of the time. I did at one point, hear her say, “Oh my gosh, I said ran instead of runned! I am talking like a grown up!” I think she surprised even herself. We have been working on improving her use of words now that she is almost 7. I know that it is common for kids to say things like “bringed” but I still try to correct her when I can. Her language skills have always been good. We never used baby talk or many baby words and it has paid off. She speaks very clearly and with words that are correct. I do sometimes miss the little tiny voice she used to have. I hear it on old videos and she sounds so small. Most of the old mispronounced words are gone. A long time ago, I actually had made a list in my email of some of my favorites from when she was a baby:
sleepsack = seekack
backpack = ackback
music = moogick
hippopotamus = hippopomus
decorations = decations
beautiful = boofibul
And two of my all time favorites,
yellow = lellow
Grandmom = Nanmom
Most of her misuses of words are along the lines of “runned” now and not words she cannot pronounce. We are somewhat past that, I guess. There is one word she consistently still mispronounces that I refuse to correct because it is a last vestige of her babyhood – she says “brefikt” instead of breakfast. I won’t let that one go. She’s still my baby, for as long as I can help it.
