Say It Right.....

I’ve noticed that the little weeble wobble (aka: Greyson) has a bit of a perfectionist attitude, or maybe it’s more that he is just very intent on doing things correctly. It shows the most with his talking. We will introduce a new word to him and you can literally watch him process the word before he says it, practice the word silently as if to just get the mouth motion right and then when no one is looking he will attempt it. It’s as if he thinks if I get it right they will notice, but if I don’t they’ll just think I’m babbling. It’s so funny!! Today we were looking at a picture that had 2 boats and 3 fish in a line, fish, boat, fish, boat, fish. He says fish (ishhhhhh) all the time, but has yet to say boat.

So I went through the process of teaching him boat, “ba ba ba – ooouuuut, ba ooouuuut, boat! Say boat for mommy, say boat.”

He was in my lap and I could see his profile, I watched as his little lips puckered and moved, I waited as he processed the word boat in his mind.

Again we started down the line,

“What’s this Greyson?”

“isshhhhh!!”

“Very Good! Now, what’s this?”

(nothing)

“It’s a boat, can you say boat? Ba – ooouuuuuuut, Boat!”

(nothing – moving on)

“What’s this?”

“issssshhhh!!”

“Very Good! What’s next?”

(nothing)

“That is a boat, What’s next?”

“issshhhh!!”

“Oh so good, thanks for helping mommy figure this out, what else can we see today?”

Pause…. Pause….. pause….

“Booooaat!!”

Ta da!!! When you least expect it, he figures he’s had enough practice time and out pops boat!! He’s such a goober, and later ran from the room singing "boat, boat, boat!"