I remember when Lindsey was about the age Marissa is now she went through a period in her speech in which she sounded like a little Italian girl:
"I-a wanna go-a park."
"Dinna dinna! Pasta pasta!" (Even the subject matter was Italian.)
"Whatsa gonna eats?"
Marissa is going through a stage herself, though slightly differently, of course.
She drops the "s" in front of words that start with an "s." So in my previous post, "mell" is "smells." We also hear "tinky" and "tool" frequently. ("Tool" not actually meaning a "tool" -- think about it.) My favorite? "Nuggle." Awwww...
She also is going through a stage of putting an "e" sound at the end of words. Lindsey used the "a" sounds, giving her the Italian accent, Marissa does the "e."
Her favorite word right now is "Uppy! Uppy!" said with arms outreached, waiting for you to pick her up. When she's cold she shivers and says, "Coldy."
Other favorite phrases right now:
"Daddy watch!"
"I too! I too!"
"Sassa do."
"No Dax no!" followed by "Down dax down!" as he tries to get on her booster chair to eat what she's dropped.
She sometimes wakes up at some ungodly hour in the morning, between 4 and 5. Usually you know she'll go right back down when you walk in her room and she says, "Hot miwk." But you are in trouble if she looks at you with mischief in her eyes, honey in her voice and utters these words:
"I pay?"
Put the coffee on, you're up for good.
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