First Word
Jun. 18th, 2008 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dr_pretentiousThis morning, Gareth and the cat and I were sprawling on the bed. Gareth was practicing crawling, which so far he only does backward. I was doing some physical therapy exercises. Sonia was gazing at Gareth and purring. Typical start to my day.
Suddenly, Gareth took it into his head to pet Sonia. He concentrated all his intent on her and reached for her tail. "Keetay," he said.
"Did you just say kitty?" I asked.
"Dabdabdabdabdab," he replied. I decided to take that for a yes.
When I called Dan to tell him the Big News, he said, "Oh, yeah, he said that before you got up this morning, too. When I had him for the dawn shift, he was in his exersaucer in the kitchen, watching Sonia eat, and he said, 'Keetay.'"
So I called my mom to tell her the Big News. While I was talking to her, Sonia came and sprawled right in front of Gareth. He grabbed her tail, hanks of her fur, her feet. She just rolled around in cat bliss. Despite our attempts to cue him--"Is that your kitty, Gareth? Do you like your KITTY?"--he wouldn't say his new word for my mother. "Oh, well," said mom, "I guess I should start making dinner."
And the second after we got off the phone, what do you suppose Gareth said?
Ah, well. I'm satisfied, more than satisfied, that my seven and a half month old baby said an identifiable word in its correct context three times in one day. If he doesn't want an audience yet, that's his prerogative.
Suddenly, Gareth took it into his head to pet Sonia. He concentrated all his intent on her and reached for her tail. "Keetay," he said.
"Did you just say kitty?" I asked.
"Dabdabdabdabdab," he replied. I decided to take that for a yes.
When I called Dan to tell him the Big News, he said, "Oh, yeah, he said that before you got up this morning, too. When I had him for the dawn shift, he was in his exersaucer in the kitchen, watching Sonia eat, and he said, 'Keetay.'"
So I called my mom to tell her the Big News. While I was talking to her, Sonia came and sprawled right in front of Gareth. He grabbed her tail, hanks of her fur, her feet. She just rolled around in cat bliss. Despite our attempts to cue him--"Is that your kitty, Gareth? Do you like your KITTY?"--he wouldn't say his new word for my mother. "Oh, well," said mom, "I guess I should start making dinner."
And the second after we got off the phone, what do you suppose Gareth said?
Ah, well. I'm satisfied, more than satisfied, that my seven and a half month old baby said an identifiable word in its correct context three times in one day. If he doesn't want an audience yet, that's his prerogative.
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Date: 2008-06-19 04:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 06:12 am (UTC)When Q was about 8 months I was fixing her a scrambled egg. DW had been fixing her eggs with Rosemary in them. When I handed her the egg she became quite irate about MeMe. I could not figure out what she was on about, but she was pointing and I picked her up to take her to the pantry. She correctly picked the Rosemary bottle off the spice shelf and proudly said "MeMe." I was knocked out!
Here is cheers for Gareth's Keetay!
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Date: 2008-06-19 06:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 06:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 08:08 am (UTC)(Writing from far-away Austria, where Gods know I struggle to say an identifiable German word in the correct context three times in a day. I nod and smile and pretend to understand the Austrians, who specialize in speaking extremely fast without moving their lips but yet managing a thick drawl...)
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Date: 2008-06-19 11:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 12:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 01:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 01:23 pm (UTC)I read parts of this to M. and T. this morning and we all gurgled in glee.
"Keetay...Dabdabdabdabdab."
Joyful noises.
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Date: 2008-06-19 01:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 02:28 pm (UTC)It's always so nice to read Gareth updates, both to see how he (and you and Dan) are doing, but also to see what kind of stuff I can expect in 3 months. lol!
Hey, since I have your attention, can you send me the recipe for the AMAZING steel-cut oatmeal cookies you made for us? They were SO good!
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Date: 2008-06-19 02:49 pm (UTC)My parents swear blind that my first word was "deodorant". (You'll be able to confirm this with them soon...) I really don't know what this says about my early life. We didn't have a cat at that time, so I guess I had to improvise.
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Date: 2008-06-19 04:01 pm (UTC)But ... he's 7 1/2 months old already? Wow ... time does fly....
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Date: 2008-06-19 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-19 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-20 03:42 pm (UTC)And I gotta love Dan's reaction. Here you come, all excited with the big news, and he's like, "Huh? Oh yeah, he already spoke this morning. Didn't you know?" :)
In any case, congrats to both of you.