Toddler Talk

I've been catching myself using Claire-speak even when the little cutie isn't around; mostly to Amanda and not at work... at least not yet. While Claire's vocabulary expands, mine has equally grown to include new synonyms such as tewey, mic, gook, hicha, uck, and peez. Also, "I know" and "I do" have now become superior responses to "I love you".

What's even harder is to avoid repeating Claire's interpretation of the word back to her. Of course we want to ask "what color is your gook?" because, let's face it, it's way more fun to have a new word for something as mundane as a fork. The problem is the following: to this very day I can't remember what the word is for a satin lining around a blanket. Wait...it's "binding"...I just looked it up on google (for those who otherwise know, this simple thing has been a "gaygee" for my entire life).

Now I'm not under any silly impression that we're going to have a 16 year old Claire who wants to stay up late watching the "Tewey". But I'm confident that there's going to be one word that sticks, and we're all going to use it, and it'll be funny... until one day I'm still going to end up being the one who forgets what the real word is.