not amma. not his name for the dog downstairs. auto. everything with wheels is auto. the fan is auto. yesterday he pointed at me and said auto. i'm a language teacher. when do they start having different words for different things, or do i just live with being an auto for a while
mine called everything 'bus' till nearly 2. including his grandfather. now he won't stop talking
Bus for grandfather is the best one 😄 ours called her thatha 'tata' and the car 'tata' also, so the whole family was confused for a month. These days she corrects everybody's Telugu.
Our younger son's first word was 'ball', and for months everything round was ball, including the moon and a chapati. It sorted itself out gradually. As far as I remember the second word came quite a while after the first and then they arrived in a rush. Our elder one was slower still, and he's fifteen now and has plenty of words, mostly 'fine'.
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