Chittu-va paaru...Hey! Talking Talking

I am writing down the backlog posts, but Chittu is talking a lot of new words that I have to write a post every single day to make sure I don’t miss anything. Every other day, she has something fresh to flaunt about.

• Once she sees potatoes in the kitchen, she takes one in each hand, presses them to her cheeks and says POA-TUT-O with all smiles
• She can identify and say onion too – just that it is AANIA for her with lesser stress on N
• We have a miniature of Burj Al Arab, Dubai. When we show that and ask her what it is, she says “BUTCH” (as in butcher)
• Looking at the Singapore souvenir she says AYAN (It has nothing to do with Surya-Tamanna starrer, but it is lion for us)
• She can identify and call out MONKEY, PAYI (palli – lizard), KOYI (kozhi – hen)
• She was calling cat as miyaa sometime back, but now for no reason she calls it MUM!!!
• SM had taught her to say NAANAA (Narayana) PAA with both index fingers raised in balle balle style (Panduranga) and AACHI (not Manorama, it is Ummachi)
• SM had also trained her on NAMTHE (Namasthe) which she says with both hands clasped like a traditional Indian girl :P
• Another feather on SM’s cap, whenever we ask her “Amma samayal eppdi maa irundhudhu?” Bang comes the prompt reply POOPER (Super) Amma can be replaced with appa, paati, thatha, mama, the answer would be the same. Like saththam “Samayal” is the key word here too
• Chittu can now spashtamaa call out J paati’s name, as if she did the naamakaranam. Whenever we show my mom’s photo / whenever calling bell rings, she exclaims J paati by name. In person she alternates between paati and the name. Oh yeah, She can now say PAATI, but switches between aati & paati as per her wish
• KAACHI is coffee
• Whenever we are preparing food for her and ask her for whom it is, earlier she would say “Naan Naan” but it is changed to EKKU (Enakku) now. What an improvement J
• When we say Love you…to her, she can reply A OOOO
• She picks the phone and presses some buttons (dialing) and keeps it in her ear and says “ABOO, AARI?” (Hello, yaaru?)
• In Srirangam temple, the elephant Andal blessed Chittu with her trunk. Chittu just loved it and enjoyed by patting (rather beating J) the elephant’s trunk. From then on, when we ask her Aaanai enna ma paNNithu? She keeps her hand on her head, scratches ;) and says “BOP”. She does BOP for all of us
• When someone says thank you to her, she says it back THA KOO. When we ask her to say welcome she says “AKKAM”. But akkam can mean drinking water too. Drinking water is also THOOTHAA (depends on the mood you see). Tap water is THANYI (thaNNi) Whenever she goes to the restroom / bathroom she points to the tap and says THANYI
• Q: Amma / Appa enga ma poyirukka?

A: AATCH (Office)

• She was not saying it before but only actioning by shaking her hands, but now with the action she can say KAANUM
• Q: Dress pottukalanaa ellarum enna solluvaa?

A: *closes her eyes with hands* CHAY CHAY (shame shame)

• BAPPAPP is laptop and when we shout “DON’T TOUCH” she can repeat it very clearly, but still goes ahead and bangs on the keyboard
• CHYCLE is cycle, CAAAA is car, CHOO is shoe, Bike is BIKE. She has seen
• Q: Vandi eppdi ma pogum?

A: *Folds her fingers and raises as if she is lifting dumbles* Burrrrrrrrr

• With the gift voucher that my colleagues had given we have bought a nursery rhymes CD (Apple Tree) and Chittu is fond of those rhymes. We say “mmm mmm black sheep” she smiles and says BAA BAA
• We catch hands and play Ring-a-Ring-a. I stop at “ALL FALL”, Chittu would sit and say DOWN. Off late, even before we come to ALL FALL, she is down J
• We also play aaku paaku vethala paaku. Similarly, I stop at kolaa koppara when she would shout gleefully KOYAA
• Jhonny Jhonny has to be stopped at Open your…she would complete OUTH (mouth) Then we have to repeat “Open your mouth” she would say HA HA HA
• I was completely surprised the other day when she was continuously hitting the laptop & I asked her “Unakku laptop-la bow vow kaatanumaa? Vendamaa?” sternly. I never expected her to respond but she paavamaa said “KAATU” :O
• When we open the zipper of her cloth shelf she shouts DECH (dress)
• Always she wants to go to the AACHA – vaasal i.e. outside
• When she gets hurt, she goes and hits the object that hurt her saying “ACHI” something she has picked from K paati. I am trying to change that to make the object ask Sorry & I say “Sorry Chittu” in a false voice and make her say “Thatz OK”. Not working out very well
• An addition to the parts of the body is she can point out KANU (eyes) and KAADHU (ears)
• Brushing the teeth is EEEEE
• Once for fun sake I hit her teeth with mine and she loved it. I called it pallu sandai (Teeth fight) and everytime she wants to do it, she comes next to me and says PAUU
• In between Thatha went to Delhi when J paati taught her, so  she knows DEYI
• She hits S mama at times saying POYA POYA. Not sure if it is podaa that she picked from one of us. Trying to change that habit too. Very tough once something gets registered in her mind
• She hits me and observes me keenly, I ask her how am I going to cry, she takes both knuckles to her eyes and makes “UUUUMMMM” sound with a sly smile & I have to tell her, it hurts and she shouldn’t do it. The understanding look that she gives comforts me, but again she would start sometime later
• She knows how people sneeze - HUTCH and how one burps - BURP
• When we ask for something, she can point out and say IDHO
• Whenever someone is sleeping, she would say in a hush voice THAACHI, but the very next moment she would go and wake them up
• When she wants something from us, she comes next to us, gives a sweet cum sorry look and asks THAAAAAA in a rising intonation
• She  can say her name J ATHATHA J
• Whenever we show any baby’s photo and ask her who it is, she says NAAN NAAN. We ask her who is Chittu, who is S, who is J, who is K, it is all NAAN NAAN (first naan in normal tone and second naan with a stress)
• She is fond of spectacles and at an unexpected moment she could throw them off the face. S’s glasses have borne the brunt for a million times now. S says “Kannadiya thotta adi” for which she would repeat ADDDI without knowing the meaning of it J
• She is trying to repeat and mouth every single word that we are saying unintentionally. So we have got to be very careful with what we speak. The other day she did something & I chellamaa konjified her “Naaye” and she repeated it. I was taken aback and slapped myself not to repeat at any cost.
• She goes poo poo and says AAI and closes her nose saying NAATHAM
• She has a raagam for anything and everything. Most of her words end with a rising intonation. And she applies stress to the last but one syllable in majority of what she speaks.

I observed that after her first birthday she is talking a lot more than usual. And the mottai doubled the pace – not only for the talks but also for vishamam & kurumbu. I am just loving and diving deep into all these situations enjoying each and every moment of it. Thank GOD for gifting me such a treasure and making her call me AMMA. Love you Chittu J

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