Monkey Monkey

So...apparently teaching Anya animal sounds has not been the best idea we've ever had. We taught her how to make monkey sounds "oo oo oo" and she liked it SO much that she decided that people words were for losers and she only needed to use monkey words.


She thought this was a great idea, that is, until she realized that we have no monkey-speaking skills. After a week's worth of whining and throwing tantrums because we "weren't listening" to what she was telling us, she started using people words again! Unfortunately, all of her favorite words begin with a d-sound...or she puts the d-sound in front of every word. (Dad, dog, diaper, done, duck, cat, eat, lie down, etc.) For a few more days, we really had no idea what she was trying to tell us again, so the same cycle of tantrums and excessive whining happened again.

After I learned what her words mean again, she has started using more words and keeps pointing to different things and asking, "Wahis da?" (What is that?) When we tell her, she thinks about it, then says, "Eye suh." (I see.)

She also has a sweater with Elmo from Sesame Street on it, and she was wearing it when I took her with me to the Home Depot yesterday. She got my attention and asked, "Wahis da?" while pointing to her shirt.

"It's your Elmo sweater. La La La La, Elmo's world!"

"Oh. Eye suh. Ehmo! Ehmo!"

She then had me take off her sweater so she could give Elmo lots of kisses.