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Phone calls from my grand-daughter
a lower gear:
Soon comes the 'Why?' stage: when every reply you give prompts another 'Why?'.
Wowbagger:
My grand-daughter hasn't seen me often enough, I think, for my real live self to be associated with the voice.
Paul Metcalfe:
--- Quote from: Wowbagger on December 22, 2011, 12:42:01 PM ---I've just had my first properly interactive telephone conversation with my grand-daughter, who is full of cold and will be 18 months old on Tuesday next week.
It involved me singing Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes with her in which, I'm reliably informed, she carried out the actions at the appropriate moments, and, when I asked her if she' like another song, she said "Yes." I then asked if we should sing "Twinkle twinkle" and she said, being bunged up, "Twickle". I heard her mum, misunderstanding, saying "Do want a tickle?", and we then sang "Twinkle twinkle little star." At the end, I said, "May I speak to mummy again?" and she called "Bubby!" and that was that.
Very gratifying!
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She already sounds more articulate than anyone on "The Only Way is Essex".
Wowbagger:
--- Quote from: LEE on December 24, 2011, 04:35:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: Wowbagger on December 22, 2011, 12:42:01 PM ---I've just had my first properly interactive telephone conversation with my grand-daughter, who is full of cold and will be 18 months old on Tuesday next week.
It involved me singing Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes with her in which, I'm reliably informed, she carried out the actions at the appropriate moments, and, when I asked her if she' like another song, she said "Yes." I then asked if we should sing "Twinkle twinkle" and she said, being bunged up, "Twickle". I heard her mum, misunderstanding, saying "Do want a tickle?", and we then sang "Twinkle twinkle little star." At the end, I said, "May I speak to mummy again?" and she called "Bubby!" and that was that.
Very gratifying!
--- End quote ---
She already sounds more articulate than anyone on "The Only Way is Essex".
--- End quote ---
Perhaps that's because she lives in Kent!
Wowbagger:
Another gratifying call this morning. Martha doesn't call me grand-dad: I'm Peeeter. She quite often asks to speak to Peeeter and she tells me about "Cody" and "Harry", who are colleagues at nursery. It's clear that she knows who it is at the other end of the phone now because, a few weeks ago when we stayed at my daughter's, Martha watched me getting dressed. Very often, the word Peeeter is followed by the word "tummy".
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