chatty charlotte

Posted on Monday, December 13th, 2010 at 9:14 pm

Charlotte has been talking up a storm lately. Sometimes it seems like she’s just continuously narrating everything that’s going on. She says “no no” or “uh uh” to mean “not,” and talks a lot about things and their opposite. In the morning, for example, if we’re walking to school, she’ll say, “Walking, uh-uh driving. No no too cold. Winter jacket. Uh-uh pink jacket.”

She’s very into Elmo, both her Big Elmo and Baby Elmo dolls. When she can’t find Baby Elmo, she walks around saying, “Are you, Baby Elmo? Are you?” — her version of “where are you?” She likes to make Baby Elmo hop around, or walk up the stairs next to her. And she talks to Baby Elmo, telling him “Look, Baby Elmo!” if she sees something interesting on Sesame Street or if I spill squash on the floor like I did last week.

Charlotte also says “Funny!” a lot lately when she’s laughing at something. Things that are funny include: walking backwards, wearing two jackets at once, and poop in the bathtub. She has recently started saying “show you.” One of her favorite pre-bedtime activities is jumping off her stepstool after saying “Show Mama Daddy high jump!” She also breaks into song here and there, mostly the alphabet song, but sometimes “Old MacDonald” and more recently “Jingle Bell Rock” (we think they sing that at school).

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