While this makes me really happy and proud and reassures me that he'll cope well with the arrival of a baby sister, it's also a bit bittersweet. He's still my baby and I'm not sure I'm ready for him to take these steps into childhood! I sometimes wish we could hold on to these toddler moments just a bit longer. But I know I have to let him grow and learn, and part of that involves teaching him the right words and pronunciation for things, even though my heart aches each time he drops another toddler word!
So, for no other reason than to help me remember these little things, here is a list of 6 baby/toddler words that I'll miss as my first baby grows up:
1) Biccus - this was Rhys' word for biscuit for the longest time. For some reason this is the one that hit me the hardest, I almost cried when I first heard him say the word properly!
2) Fire Gerine (Fire Engine) - one of three words that he had trouble with and seemed to mix up the syllables of.
3) Med-nis (Medicine) - the second of his mixed-up words.
4) Bike-a-sol (Bicycle) - He still has trouble with this one and I love the fact that he keeps trying rather than just calling it a bike!
5) Crappers (Crackers) - makes me smile every time he asks to have 'cheese and crappers' for lunch!
6) What's that smell? - Rhys' way of asking "what does that spell?" after reading the letters of a word. R-E-D....what's that smell? Red! Love it.
Did anyone else out there find it hard when their little ones starting dropping baby words? What was the hardest for you to let go of?! Leave me a comment below and let me know - I'd love to know I'm not alone in this!