Sunday, January 17, 2010

First Word - Fawawa (flower)

I try to teach Elizabeth something different every day. This week we practiced smelling various things in the house. I put my nose up to something and then say, "mmmm....smells good," or "mmmm....pee yew." Then I put her nose up to it and she sniffs it and then she usually smiles while I repeat the words, smells good or pee yew.

We've also been practicing words from a picture book and flower is in all of them. Also, she hears the word flower frequently, because there is an orchid plant right next to her playpen and I always point at it and say, "FE-LA-WER."

Well today, I picked her up to practice smelling again and brought her to the orchid and out of her mouth came the word, "FA-WA-WA."

Elizabeth already knows, Umma, Appa, and Mama and can use them all in the correct place. However, she learned those words through repetition and we don't actually consider them her first word. Fa-wa-wa is something she said, at the right time, without being prompted, so this word will go down in history as her first. -S

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