Nooooooooooo - For NO. Accompanied by persistent shaking of the head and a stern finger wagging No.
Mama,Dada - His slaves
Cocooo - Cocoa. He funnily does not know how to stop at one ‘o’. He has to drag it out ’ooooooo’
Ollollu - Water. Don’t ask me how it is related J
Goooooo - Go away and don’t disturb me
Baa - Come. Accompanied by a sole finger gesturing you to come near.
Taa - Give it to me right now
Ina - Here, take it and go.
Duddu – That elixir in the bottle. The one stop solution for everything
Meh – Any female other than me
Da – Any male other than his dad
Buaa – His bua and conspirator in crime
Paapa and Uma - His paternal grandparents His champions and fan club lifetime members. His paternal grandparents.
Baaba – Any child, older or younger than him
Bow bow – Dog
Kaat – for Cat
Amm – Food with a capital F.
Boh - Ball/bat/balloon
Deep Groan and pushing face – Either potty time or just wants to go play in the water. More the latter
Pua – Shall we go? Often said when he sees or senses any family member about to leave the house. He runs to the door with his shoes and waits there for the concerned person to take him and go out.
Tata, Bayeeee – tata bye bye. And please take me along with you.
And a whole lot of gibberish. Where he seems to be fighting with us, complaining about one to the other, getting irritated because we are so ignorant and not able to understand what he is saying.
I waited so eagerly for him to start walking and now he just doesn't stop! So having derived that experience I am in no hurry for him to start speaking coherently. This ngfugynmvu is cool enough :-)
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The joys of a child growing... certainly worth the time and effort one spends with them. We yearn for them to start doing something, and then ask them not to do the very same thing. :D Thats the irony of it all!
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