You may recall that a few months ago I took Conal to the Children’s Museum and he mistook the pelts for cats. Back then, he didn’t have many words so he trilled. Now, seven months later, he . . . well . . . he still doesn’t have many words. But he has more sounds! Oh, let me tell you, Internet. He has sounds. All kinds of sounds. Sounds for cows. Sounds for ducks. For pigs. For dogs.
And it’s that last one that is important to this little story.
We went to Target today (it was an outing, people!) to pick up a gift. I decided to take a quick look at the sale racks and as I was walking through, Conal started to make his dog sound, a variation on, “Woof! Woof!” I smiled at him. He kept it up. “There aren’t any doggies in here, Conal,” I said. He did it again, this time lunging out of the cart toward one of the racks.
So, I turned to the rack. Scanned the wares. Ah-ha! The fake fur trimmed sweaters. It all became clear.
Apparently, those sweaters look, to a 17-month-old boy, like dogs. That’s right! Those sweaters are furry. Like doggies!
And that’s it! End of the story!
But since it is Friday, I’ll leave you with a glimpse of what goes on around here these days:
November 14, 2008 at 6:17 pm
See! He totally has a connection between sounds/words and things. And he’s consistent! Take that speech therapist lady!!!
EVERYTHING is a dog here. The horses? Are dogs. The donkeys were dogs. If it has 4 legs it is a dog.
November 17, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Sean is the same way
A horse is called a “neigh” a sheep is a “baa” a cat is a “meow”… he won’t say those words, but he’ll say the sounds. and if he doesn’t know the sound, the default sound is a growl. So if you ask him what a turtle says it’s “GRRRR!”