Daddy still sleeps

D. has started to speak at an early age. And since then he hasn't stopped, but that's a different story. M., on the other hand, has had a slower start. Besides the classic (daddy, mommy), he was using only a few words. Until two weeks ago, when his vocabulary has suddenly become richer.

He started to speak correctly quite a few words - or maybe we have started to better understand them. Some in Romanian (tata - daddy, papa - food), some in French (encore - again, bus), some made easier (meow - cat, moo - cow/yogurt), while some in his own language (vruvru - car, ganga - horse/elephant/crocodile). Even more, like D., he starts to be at ease in both languages, knowing that two different words mean the same thing, but in a different language. The classical 'paa' (bye in Romania) is replaced by an 'auvoir' when talking to someone French. And the poor guy has finally managed to get past the 'papa' confusion. That means 'daddy' in French and 'food' in Romanian. It was funny when at the nursery they were pointing at me and saying 'look, there's daddy' and he was looking for food...

It's not the richer vocabulary that impressed me lately, but the fact that he starts to build phrases. From simple associations like 'vruvru mama' (mommy's car) or 'papa meow' (cat's food), to describing situations. When he wakes up in the mornings, he yells 'mama'. But if I'm going to get him, he looks at me and says 'tata? mama paa...' (daddy? mommy bye...). And if I tell him his mother has not left, she's just taking a shower, he quickly corrects it to 'mama nu paa. mama apa' (mommy not bye. mommy water).

The thing that triggerred this post happened yesterday morning. His mother got him from his bed and, going pas our bedroom, showed him I was still in bed. Of course he described the situation: 'tata encore dodo' (daddy still sleeps). And he was even nice enough to suggest I should be left alone 'paa tata' (bye daddy).

On the moment I was quite happy, but now I am starting to dread the future. If he will become as talkative as his brother, I won't get a chance of placing one world in this house...