{"id":662,"date":"2012-07-16T21:59:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T00:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?p=662"},"modified":"2012-07-16T21:59:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T00:59:06","slug":"claire-isms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"Claire-isms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing about parenthood that I hope I have learned is to stop worrying so much.  Deep down, I know she is developing normally, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that small, annoying doubts don&#8217;t creep in.  Mere days before Claire she started crawling, I started getting concerned that she wasn&#8217;t crawling.  I started getting antsy that she wasn&#8217;t walking, and then she suddenly started walking days later.  And then the same thing with her talking.  <\/p>\n<p>Part of the problem is that I have always been terrible at figuring out what toddlers are saying.  I guess I was under the illusion that I would have some innate ability to understand my own flesh and blood, when in reality it&#8217;s time that matters.  She will say something over and over, and then it will suddenly click in my own mind and I will realize what she is trying to say.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_663\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?attachment_id=663\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-663\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-663\" src=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2146-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2146\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-large wp-image-663\" srcset=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2146-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2146-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2146.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mmmm, watermelon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She doesn&#8217;t always use the words in the correct context, but there are many occasions when she does, so I think she pretty much knows how to use these words, but perhaps she is testing out other possible contexts, or she might even just enjoy making those sounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?attachment_id=664\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-664\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2119-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2119\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-664\" srcset=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2119-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2119-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2119.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In no particular order, some &#8220;Claire-isms&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;A-Two&#8221; (Thank You)<\/b> &#8211; We usually say &#8220;Thank you&#8221; when she hands something to us, so she uses it when she gives something away.  Close enough!<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Uh-oh&#8221;<\/b> &#8211; This was probably one of the first things she said that we immediately understood.  She doesn&#8217;t quite get that one is not really supposed to say &#8220;Uh-oh&#8221; when purposefully throwing something on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Hi&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;B\u00e9&#8221; (Bye)<\/b> &#8211; This is almost always accompanied by a wave.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;Ma&#8221;<\/b> &#8211; Well, this one is tricky.  I think that this sometimes means me; other times it means milk, and yet other times it just means that she wants something.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;A-Da&#8221; (All done)<\/b> &#8211; The cutest is when she says this and throws her hands out at the same time.  This is probably one of her current favourites (in close competition with &#8220;Uh-oh&#8221;), and thus she uses it when she is not actually done whatever she&#8217;s doing (eating, looking at a book, playing with a toy).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/?attachment_id=665\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-665\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2142-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_2142\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-665\" srcset=\"http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2142-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2142-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/andromeda.qc.ca\/guthrie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_2142.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing about parenthood that I hope I have learned is to stop worrying so much. Deep down, I know she is developing normally, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that small, annoying doubts don&#8217;t creep in. 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