Monday, September 29, 2008

Nuu Word

Random’s got a new word. It came in over last weekend, and it came in, as many things do, with a vengeance.

She learned how to say, “No.”

Except that’s not how she says it. Her little squeaky peach voice, combined with her age and vocal control, squeezes out the word in a constrained, “Nuu” or “New.” If you have ever seen the episode of Winnie the Pooh where Rabbit pretends not to be home, she says “No” in much the same way.

Now in the bathtub, when we have to rinse her hair? "Nuu!" At the diaper changing table? "Nuu!" When she doesn't want something for dinner? "Nuu!"

Cute, but I get this strange sense of "here we go again."

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