Words

Baby Dos will learn a lot from his/her big sis Ivy. One of those things I'm sure will be words. Ivy is very verbal and verbose, and spends most of her time talking about things that happened "yesterday" (like her birthday party which was a month and a half ago) or singing, or telling us to sing or not talk.

However, Ivy also mispronounces a lot of words, including some which sound like profanity. Here are some of her/our faves:

Clock

Clap

Quack (same as "clap")

Fork

Peanuts (a new fave)

Purse-y (the ever popular diminutive form of "purse")

Blue shirt (think about it)

Ivy also knows a lot of synonyms for "rear end," including bon-bons and booty. (I blame her mother for this). She also knows that when certain songs are sung or played, the appropriate way to dance to them is to smack her ass repeatedly. This will help her immensely come bat mitzvah time.

She also says "party" and "potty" the same way, which is confusing especially since those are two of her favorite subjects to talk about. At first I had hoped that she was developing a Boston accent, though then she would pronounce "party" as "paaaahty" and "potty" as "tha shittah."

Hopefully Doserino will also be a talker and singer, and I will have many more years of repeatedly crooning "A Donkey Named Eeyore" to my children as they shout words of encouragement ("Again!"), constructive criticism ("Faster!"), and despair ("No talking no singing!"). - Mike