On Ana (again)...
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1. Ana needs a sit-n-spin. I remember I used to be on mine all the time. I loved that thing. Ana loves spinning too, and could use a sit-n-spin. I want an older one. Must search e-bay or something.
2. She's so cute. Today, I'm putting her down for her nap, and she's wide awake, so I read a story first. And then I sit her on my lap, facing sideways. This starts her up with "No take-a nap!", so, of course, I said that certainly I wasn't going to make her take a nap if she didn't fall asleep, but we *were* going to sing a bit.
And to convince her of this, I start up with a different song, but that Was Not Acceptable "NO! Ten geen bottles!" So I sang that, and she sang along for a bit until she fell asleep. Or almost fell asleep. Right as I moved her off my lap and into the bed, she opened her eyes just long enough to say "no go syeep", and then promptly conked out. It was great.
3. After she woke up, she played with her doll. Now, to explain a bit here, when Ana has a pretend conversation (using, hopefully, a doll or stuffed animal, but she'll also use the hairbrush, forks, spoons, and, in a pinch, imaginary friends), she usually takes the role of the adult, and whoever she's talking to takes the role of Ana. For the "adult" she uses her voice, but for the other part she pitches it much higher. Got that in your head? Good.
It starts out when she nurses the doll, puts it to bed, and wakes it up again. Then she decides to put the doll on the horse...
Ana: You sit on horse now!
Doll: *sits on horse, falls off*
Ana: OH NO! I sorry! *picks up doll* You bumpa the head! You bumpa the head! I sorry! It's alright [I know this is two words, I don't think Ana does], it's alright... *brings doll to me* Doll bumpa the head!
Me: *kisses doll head*
Ana: *takes doll* All betta!
*brief hiatus while we set up the next part of this game*
Ana: Time to tange... diaper! *pretends to change the diaper on her bear, handing me the imaginary diaper and wipe, then moves on to doll* Diaper off!
Doll: NO! DIAPER ON!
Ana: No. Diaper off!
Doll: NO! *gets up (with assistance) and bounces all around* DIAPER ON!
Ana: DIAPER OFF! *pretends to take off diaper* Time for bath!
Doll: NO! TOO HOT!
Ana: You go in now.
Doll: (presumably in bath and enjoying it)
Ana: Time get out.
Doll: NO! STAY IN!
Ana: No, time get out.
Doll: NO!
At this point, the doll is evidently fed up with this, because Ana makes it start hitting her. And this goes on for a bit (while I've got my hand stuffed in my face to keep Ana from hearing me crack up - it was really hysterical as it happened) until Ana goes into the land of reality.
Ana: (turning to me) No hit self! No hit self!
Me: *laughing* That's right, Ana, don't hit yourself.
Doll: *thwapthwapthwap*
See, I should explain, when Ana's mad, she'll hit herself. Usually, this is when she's done something she knows she shouldn't do (usually something really minor that doesn't begin to merit that sort of punishment, oddly), but it's also very often just because she's mad and she isn't going to hit *us* for some reason. And then we (or I, at least) tell her not to hit herself. Not that there's anything wrong with it (I'm sure she'll stop as soon as she starts doing real damage by doing that), but it really looks bad and it also keeps us from, say, getting out the door.
Why she didn't say "Doll no hit", I don't know.
It was funny, that's what I know.
Edit: Oh, and I'm trying to figure out Ana's l/r/y/w sounds. It's a pain doing this sort of thing for two reasons. First of all, if I keep asking her to use a word or phrase, or trying to get her to say it randomly, she'll start speaking more clearly, and then she hits those l's right on target (or whatever other sound I'm listening to). Secondly, sooner or later she'll either start going "say *random word*" at me, or she'll start saying "no tank yoop" (yes, she inserts a p at the end of thank you, no I don't know why).
However, so far I have a nice list:
Slipper becomes syipper.
Lap becomes wa-wap.
Lick becomes yick.
Rock becomes wock.
Little becomes yiddul, or yiddo.
Bubble becomes bubo.
Lock becomes nock. (Oddly, when she first started hearing the word lock, she really did think it meant "knock", and would bang on the door. Now she knows the difference when we say it, and presumably when she says it, but it still comes out nock for both of them.)
Please becomes either peez or pweeze, depending, I think, on her sincerity.
Splash and squirt become spash and skirt, respectively.
Green becomes geen or gween.
So I can already see the pattern, but every once in a while, I get a weird phrase. Like, oh, wa-wap. I have no idea where the first wa comes from.
2. She's so cute. Today, I'm putting her down for her nap, and she's wide awake, so I read a story first. And then I sit her on my lap, facing sideways. This starts her up with "No take-a nap!", so, of course, I said that certainly I wasn't going to make her take a nap if she didn't fall asleep, but we *were* going to sing a bit.
And to convince her of this, I start up with a different song, but that Was Not Acceptable "NO! Ten geen bottles!" So I sang that, and she sang along for a bit until she fell asleep. Or almost fell asleep. Right as I moved her off my lap and into the bed, she opened her eyes just long enough to say "no go syeep", and then promptly conked out. It was great.
3. After she woke up, she played with her doll. Now, to explain a bit here, when Ana has a pretend conversation (using, hopefully, a doll or stuffed animal, but she'll also use the hairbrush, forks, spoons, and, in a pinch, imaginary friends), she usually takes the role of the adult, and whoever she's talking to takes the role of Ana. For the "adult" she uses her voice, but for the other part she pitches it much higher. Got that in your head? Good.
It starts out when she nurses the doll, puts it to bed, and wakes it up again. Then she decides to put the doll on the horse...
Ana: You sit on horse now!
Doll: *sits on horse, falls off*
Ana: OH NO! I sorry! *picks up doll* You bumpa the head! You bumpa the head! I sorry! It's alright [I know this is two words, I don't think Ana does], it's alright... *brings doll to me* Doll bumpa the head!
Me: *kisses doll head*
Ana: *takes doll* All betta!
*brief hiatus while we set up the next part of this game*
Ana: Time to tange... diaper! *pretends to change the diaper on her bear, handing me the imaginary diaper and wipe, then moves on to doll* Diaper off!
Doll: NO! DIAPER ON!
Ana: No. Diaper off!
Doll: NO! *gets up (with assistance) and bounces all around* DIAPER ON!
Ana: DIAPER OFF! *pretends to take off diaper* Time for bath!
Doll: NO! TOO HOT!
Ana: You go in now.
Doll: (presumably in bath and enjoying it)
Ana: Time get out.
Doll: NO! STAY IN!
Ana: No, time get out.
Doll: NO!
At this point, the doll is evidently fed up with this, because Ana makes it start hitting her. And this goes on for a bit (while I've got my hand stuffed in my face to keep Ana from hearing me crack up - it was really hysterical as it happened) until Ana goes into the land of reality.
Ana: (turning to me) No hit self! No hit self!
Me: *laughing* That's right, Ana, don't hit yourself.
Doll: *thwapthwapthwap*
See, I should explain, when Ana's mad, she'll hit herself. Usually, this is when she's done something she knows she shouldn't do (usually something really minor that doesn't begin to merit that sort of punishment, oddly), but it's also very often just because she's mad and she isn't going to hit *us* for some reason. And then we (or I, at least) tell her not to hit herself. Not that there's anything wrong with it (I'm sure she'll stop as soon as she starts doing real damage by doing that), but it really looks bad and it also keeps us from, say, getting out the door.
Why she didn't say "Doll no hit", I don't know.
It was funny, that's what I know.
Edit: Oh, and I'm trying to figure out Ana's l/r/y/w sounds. It's a pain doing this sort of thing for two reasons. First of all, if I keep asking her to use a word or phrase, or trying to get her to say it randomly, she'll start speaking more clearly, and then she hits those l's right on target (or whatever other sound I'm listening to). Secondly, sooner or later she'll either start going "say *random word*" at me, or she'll start saying "no tank yoop" (yes, she inserts a p at the end of thank you, no I don't know why).
However, so far I have a nice list:
Slipper becomes syipper.
Lap becomes wa-wap.
Lick becomes yick.
Rock becomes wock.
Little becomes yiddul, or yiddo.
Bubble becomes bubo.
Lock becomes nock. (Oddly, when she first started hearing the word lock, she really did think it meant "knock", and would bang on the door. Now she knows the difference when we say it, and presumably when she says it, but it still comes out nock for both of them.)
Please becomes either peez or pweeze, depending, I think, on her sincerity.
Splash and squirt become spash and skirt, respectively.
Green becomes geen or gween.
So I can already see the pattern, but every once in a while, I get a weird phrase. Like, oh, wa-wap. I have no idea where the first wa comes from.
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Date: 2005-09-10 12:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 12:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 12:54 am (UTC)I remember reading that entry and thinking that gee, it must be horrible to be a linguist's kid, always having them go around asking you to "say that again?"
I'm not even a real linguist, I just read a lot, and poor little Ana-baby....
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Date: 2005-09-10 01:50 am (UTC)Also inexplicable is why it's "re"duplication when only one duplication is going on.
Dizzy Disc, Jr.
Date: 2005-09-10 03:57 am (UTC)http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=77223&PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=7925&fp=F&kid=199355&
http://www.sensorycomfort.com/toys.htm#Dizzy%20Disc%20Junior
Re: Dizzy Disc, Jr.
Date: 2005-09-10 02:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 09:34 pm (UTC)You can help her learn it by playing with her when she's in an imitative mood - open your mouth wide and go "La la la" at her so she can see where your tongue's going; put the tip of your tongue behind your front teeth (as you do when making the l sound) and stick the back of your tongue out at her, which hopefully she will imitate.
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Date: 2005-09-13 12:18 am (UTC)Why do you think I want to help her learn? She'll do that all on her own. I just think it's really cool.
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Date: 2005-09-13 01:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 12:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 12:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-10 12:54 am (UTC)I remember reading that entry and thinking that gee, it must be horrible to be a linguist's kid, always having them go around asking you to "say that again?"
I'm not even a real linguist, I just read a lot, and poor little Ana-baby....
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Date: 2005-09-10 01:50 am (UTC)Also inexplicable is why it's "re"duplication when only one duplication is going on.
Dizzy Disc, Jr.
Date: 2005-09-10 03:57 am (UTC)http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=77223&PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=7925&fp=F&kid=199355&
http://www.sensorycomfort.com/toys.htm#Dizzy%20Disc%20Junior
Re: Dizzy Disc, Jr.
Date: 2005-09-10 02:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-12 09:34 pm (UTC)You can help her learn it by playing with her when she's in an imitative mood - open your mouth wide and go "La la la" at her so she can see where your tongue's going; put the tip of your tongue behind your front teeth (as you do when making the l sound) and stick the back of your tongue out at her, which hopefully she will imitate.
no subject
Date: 2005-09-13 12:18 am (UTC)Why do you think I want to help her learn? She'll do that all on her own. I just think it's really cool.
no subject
Date: 2005-09-13 01:28 am (UTC)