Re: Things I like. Cute!/ reply to n

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Thanks! I may be slightly biased... but I think so too! ; )I am expecially impressed with how communicative she has been from a very early age. Last summer (when she was, consequently, only abou 17-18 months), she didn't talk much yet. A few words like mommy and the likes of course, but definitely not a very extensive (active) vocabulary (which I guess babies of that age rarely have), and not even close to making full sentences (verbally at least, and I'll get to what I mean by that distinction). But she had such a rich body language, not only pointing, and nodding, and shaking her head, but she had a few other gestures as well, and especially she would imitate the movements you'd do to do something (like charades really...) and get her meaning across that way. For instance, once she answered a question about where her mother was by pointing to the house and doing vacuum cleaning motions (and, yes, her mother was in the house, doing vacuuming...). When we had just arrived at the summer house last year (and we hadn't met Pixie for a few months, so we didn't really know about her gestures and body language, because she hadn't been doing that the last time we saw her), mer mother, a, asked me to keep an eye on Pixie for a while because she needed to do something in the kitchen. All of a sudden (as it looked like from my perspective) Pixie started to wave both her arms up and down, in a coordinated way that I hadn't seen before. Puzzled I shouted to a out in the kitchen: "Now she is...like...waving up and down with her arms, why is she doing that?" And a replied: "Did you ask her a question?" And when I thought about it I realized that I had said something like "How far could it be to the beach from here?". Not really indending it as an actual question directed at Pixie (duh, she was a baby) more intended as "making small talk with the baby while she is playing on the floor", but it was a question, when I thought about it, so I shouted back "well...yes, I guess. Why?" And a said: "Then it means she doesn't know the answer to the question. She is trying to do that arm gesture for 'I don't know', but she haven't quite mastered it yet" She had gestures for "sleeping" and "on the phone" too.And one evening when my dad was visiting (at the summer house), and the two of us played ball (soccer, or at least with a soccer ball) with Pixie (that was how I usually entertained her when looking after her), at one point dad took the ball and threw it up in the air, really high up, which Pixie thought was hilarious. Later, at dinner, Pixie looked at me, then pointed to dad and then did a ball-throwing-movement with her hands, and then pointed to the sky and squinted her eyes, and looked like she was trying to see something really high up, and then looked at me again. And I said "Yes, granddad could throw the ball REALLY high up in the air" To which she laughed and nodded. And I thought that, wow, she isn't *talking* yet, but she is doing dinner conversation of the classic "do-you-remember-when"-type, using full "sentences", except she is making the sentences out of gestures and not out of words.I may be slightly biased as I said ; )....but her communication skills have impressed me ever since I noticed how she "talked" before she could actually talk. love/Reb>> Pixie sounds both smart. . .and contemplative--at so early an age!> Thank you for this, Reb.> Love to you and to and to all the family,> n> > > > > ________________________________> To: MSersLife > Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 8:20:53 AM> Subject: Things I like. Cute!> > > Pixie (my 2 and a half year old niece) was doing a game of "I like..." at the dinner table at my mothers place. I don't know if it's something she invented herself or something she learned from someone, but it consists of her listing things/persons she likes. As in "I like mommy!! and "I like grandma!" etc. And there is a little pause between "I like" and the mention of the things she likes (if pause for effect, or for time to think, or just because that's how > she plays that game, is hard to know with a 2,5-year old) ...And sometimes with a little comment attatched, as in: "I like... rice! It's small!". > > This time she threw in a really cute one (in my humble opinion...), when she said: "I like...me! I am funny!"> > Isn't that the way we should all think, even as grown ups? Like ourselves, because we are funny (or clever, or whatever it is we thinks makes it worth hanging out with ourselves). After all, it's not like we could stop spending time with ourselves if we tried...We might as well appreciate it...> > love> /Reb>

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How bright she is, Reb. I am certain all her interactions withadults has helped tremendously as well. I don't think you'rebiased, she is very astute for one her age.Keep on enjoying one another,love to you and all,Kate Things I like. Cute!> >> >> > Pixie (my 2 and a half year old niece) was doing a game of "I > like..."at the dinner table at my mothers place. I don't know if > it's something> she invented herself or something she learned from someone, but it> consists of her listing things/persons she likes. As in "I like > mommy!!and "I like grandma!" etc. And there is a little pause > between "I like"> and the mention of the things she likes (if pause for effect, or for> time to think, or just because that's how> > she plays that game, is hard to know with a 2,5-year old) ...And> sometimes with a little comment attatched, as in: "I like... > rice! It's> small!".> >> > This time she threw in a really cute one (in my humble opinion...),> when she said: "I like...me! I am funny!"> >> > Isn't that the way we should all think, even as grown ups? Like> ourselves, because we are funny (or clever, or whatever it is we > thinksmakes it worth hanging out with ourselves). After all, > it's not like we> could stop spending time with ourselves if we tried...We might > as well> appreciate it...> >> > love> > /Reb> >> > love and blessings,Kate

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Thank you,k Reb, for telling us all about her, Reb. I am a retiredpsychologist, and did a lot of work with children--often for rathernon-serious problems. To this day, as I loved and enjoyed my own children, I am fascinated by children--the light and hope of the world.Love to you, to , and, of course, to Pixie,nTo:

MSersLife Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 10:04:16 AMSubject: Re: Things I like. Cute!/ reply to n

Thanks! I may be slightly biased... but I think so too! ; )I am expecially impressed with how communicative she has been from a very early age. Last summer (when she was, consequently, only abou 17-18 months), she didn't talk much yet. A few words like mommy and the likes of course, but definitely not a very extensive (active) vocabulary (which I guess babies of that age rarely have), and not even close to making full sentences (verbally at least, and I'll get to what I mean by that distinction) . But she had such a rich body language, not only pointing, and nodding, and shaking her head, but she had a few other gestures as well, and especially she would imitate the movements you'd do to do something (like charades really...) and get her meaning across that way. For instance, once she answered a question about where her mother was by pointing to the house and doing vacuum cleaning motions (and, yes, her mother was in the house,

doing vacuuming... ). When we had just arrived at the summer house last year (and we hadn't met Pixie for a few months, so we didn't really know about her gestures and body language, because she hadn't been doing that the last time we saw her), mer mother, a, asked me to keep an eye on Pixie for a while because she needed to do something in the kitchen. All of a sudden (as it looked like from my perspective) Pixie started to wave both her arms up and down, in a coordinated way that I hadn't seen before. Puzzled I shouted to a out in the kitchen: "Now she is...like... waving up and down with her arms, why is she doing that?" And a replied: "Did you ask her a question?" And when I thought about it I realized that I had said something like "How far could it be to the beach from here?". Not really indending it as an actual question directed at Pixie (duh, she was a baby) more intended as "making small talk with the baby while she

is playing on the floor", but it was a question, when I thought about it, so I shouted back "well...yes, I guess. Why?" And a said: "Then it means she doesn't know the answer to the question. She is trying to do that arm gesture for 'I don't know', but she haven't quite mastered it yet" She had gestures for "sleeping" and "on the phone" too.And one evening when my dad was visiting (at the summer house), and the two of us played ball (soccer, or at least with a soccer ball) with Pixie (that was how I usually entertained her when looking after her), at one point dad took the ball and threw it up in the air, really high up, which Pixie thought was hilarious. Later, at dinner, Pixie looked at me, then pointed to dad and then did a ball-throwing- movement with her hands, and then pointed to the sky and squinted her eyes, and looked like she was trying to see something really high up, and then looked at me again. And I said "Yes, granddad could

throw the ball REALLY high up in the air" To which she laughed and nodded. And I thought that, wow, she isn't *talking* yet, but she is doing dinner conversation of the classic "do-you-remember- when"-type, using full "sentences", except she is making the sentences out of gestures and not out of words.I may be slightly biased as I said ; )....but her communication skills have impressed me ever since I noticed how she "talked" before she could actually talk. love/Reb>> Pixie sounds both smart. . .and contemplative- -at so early an age!> Thank you for this, Reb.> Love to you and to and to all the family,> n> > > > > ____________ _________ _________ __> To: MSersLife@yahoogrou

ps.com> Sent: Fri, July 2, 2010 8:20:53 AM> Subject: Things I like. Cute!> > > Pixie (my 2 and a half year old niece) was doing a game of "I like..." at the dinner table at my mothers place. I don't know if it's something she invented herself or something she learned from someone, but it consists of her listing things/persons she likes. As in "I like mommy!! and "I like grandma!" etc. And there is a little pause between "I like" and the mention of the things she likes (if pause for effect, or for time to think, or just because that's how > she plays that game, is hard to know with a 2,5-year old) ...And sometimes with a little comment attatched, as in: "I like... rice! It's small!". > > This time she threw in a really cute one (in my humble opinion...), when she said: "I like...me! I am funny!"> > Isn't that the way we should all think, even as grown ups? Like ourselves,

because we are funny (or clever, or whatever it is we thinks makes it worth hanging out with ourselves). After all, it's not like we could stop spending time with ourselves if we tried...We might as well appreciate it...> > love> /Reb>