Titty and The Butt

Teaching an almost 2 year old how to speak is a lot of fun.  For about 2 months now, Marco has been repeating everything we say and also observing speech on his own.  Sometimes he's right on target, and sometimes he's way off.  Most of the times we have to decipher what he is trying to tell us.

There are some letters he loves, like B's and K's... he loves saying Ba-Sket-Ball... perfect timing for the Heat entering the finals! (Woohoo, go Heat!)  Then there are some letters he can't say at all... like F.
When we ask him how old he is, he shouts out, "Twoooo" (he's not yet two, but we're practicing) and when we ask him his name, he says "Manko".  He says his favorite food is "cucu's" or "tsitsa" (cookies and pizza).  And he loves his "kkkars" and "bookkkks".

As I said, he picks up a lot of things on his own, that I haven't really taught him.  Like the other day, he brought me one of his blocks that had an E on it... and he said, "Mama, Eeeee".  I was floored.  He was right... it was the E!  So I clapped for him, and kissed him and almost cried with pride.  But then he picked up the W block, and said "Mama, Eeeee".  Ummm, not quite.  So, I wasn't sure if the first E was real or a coincidence.

So on Wednesday he comes up to me while I'm in the kitchen and says, "Mama, titty... the butt?"  Ok, I had no idea what he was talking about.  I know my son does not YET talk about TnA, so it had to be something else.  Well, he continued pointing and trying to grab my attention... "Mama, titty... the butt?"  Finally, I followed him and noticed what he wanted.  He wanted me to press the button on the TV.  I got it... Titty= TV, the Butt= the button.  So now I know that when he talks about titties and butts, he just wants to watch TV... and the good wholesome PBS kind too.

Watching him discover the world and learning more everyday is more fun than I imagined it would be!