I heard her talking to abuelita on the phone, and when she asked if I was talking yet, mami scrunched her eyebrows, looked over at me and said “Hmm? Not really. I mean nothing, just sounds. He can quack like duck”.
She is sort of right. I’m not speaking like my friends at nursery, but I do repeat mami’s animal noises. They are so funny! I can quack like a duck and bark like a dog.
But the thing is, I can understand (almost) everything she says.
So far we understand each other just fine. She speaks and I respond by either pointing to what I want, shaking my head no, holding out my hand or just running away. See, I can speak, but it just doesn’t sound like the words she and daddy use.
A few months ago I did start saying mama and tete/dummy, but I haven’t really used those lately. I am now a year and a half (19 months to be exact) and I just want her to know that I hear her and daddy, but I am not ready to say anything yet.
Even the way I say “no” sounds different to her. Mine is more like “ne ne ne “. Maybe I just have a different accent?
So I wrote mami a little letter so that she won't worry anymore.
Querida mami,
Please don’t worry, I am going to speak soon, I promise. I hope you know that I understand both English and Spanish, and just because what I say doesn’t sound like your words, I am learning them.
Daddy has been teaching me how to say “tree” and this week I said it! I hope you are proud of me.
Remember, I blow kisses at you every morning and I hope that makes you happy until I can say more.
¡Te quiero mucho!
