About the time that Josh Oliver turned 2 he started really saying a lot of words.I noticed in May that he was starting to say sentences—broken up with long pauses between words, but they were still good sentences.
Now he is starting to speak a lot more clearly, his sentences are coming together a lot better, and he now can repeat any word that you say--that is still a fun game for the boys to play with him!
One of his new things is to tell us how sorry he is when he gets into trouble. He will be sitting in time out and give us the most pathetic look and say, "I sorry, Momma. I so sorry." over and over again. It's a good technique because it is super cute, but I usually hold strong and make him do his time! I have been through my fair share of "get out of time out early" techniques, after all!
He has also started saying, "Oh fine!" as in "I give up!" The first time he did it was last week when he was throwing a fit in my grandma's yard. I just walked off and sat on the porch where he couldn't see me. A few minutes later he came walking up the steps, defeated, and saying "Oh fine! Oh fine!" It has since become a common phrase to hear from him. I'm glad that he is realizing that it works out better if he just gives up the fight!
Josh has also started saying "I love you". That has got to be one of the very best things to hear come out of his mouth!
Another is "Thank you" and "Your welcome". I've always said it for him in order to teach him manners--as in I would hand him a cracker and say "Thank you" for him and then say "Your welcome" from me. He has now started saying his part and my part the way I use to. I love hearing good manners coming from my boys.
Not everything that comes out of his mouth is super cute, he's definitely got some sass in there, and there are times when I long for the quietness of babies, but it really is so fun once kids start to really talk.
I love getting a peek inside their heads!
