Friday, Jun 6, 2008
Useful useless things we taught our toddler
And now for something completely different...
This week, we taught the kiddo how to “zerbert” someone’s belly. This is also called “rasberries”. Regardless of what you call it, we call it fun. When you meet him, we will make sure he gives you the proper greeting by zerberting your belly.
We also taught him how to “zerbert” his hands. This is very similar to making “fart noises”, but what responsible parent would teach such a thing? Tacky. And crass.
We long ago taught him how to use lotion, and he enjoys lotioning both his belly and his arms. Now we have taught him the joy of lotioning other people.
It’s as if spas employed little woodland gnomes who emerge from their warm burroughs to gently rub lotion on your drying skin. Give him some lotion, point him at your feet, and let him work his magic.
Lastly, it’s interesting that two of the words he speaks in the Queen’s English are “hi” and “bye-bye”. The majority of his vocabulary wiggles out through this terribly cute toddler drawl, but his basic phatic communication is very, very clear. With hi, bye, and no, he barely needs any other English at all.
But the English he has picked up at daycare includes important social words and phrases like “mine”, “let me” (similar to mine), and “I see”.
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