Her picking up simple sentences, however, took us by surprise when we were in Singapore. It all happened that she got cranky when she was woken up by the sound of a slamming door while she was napping as we got on the cab.
Silver Bullet, who was carrying her then, tried every ways and means to calm her down; but she would have none of it. As she was wailing her guts out, Silver Bullet then just went on to point out stuff from our surroundings and started asking questions. One of the questions was him distracting Spud with a “Where are we?” question and repeating it several times
Somehow, that got her, and in between her sobs, she suddenly repeated after Silver Bullet with a “wher wor wee”?
That really took us by surprise, and she has been repeating her own version of "where are we". If she hears anyone of us say it, she is just too happy to repeat it after us, with a big smile on her face.
On that same day, on our way home (she was still in a semi-good mood, despite having almost no nap for the whole day), this took place:
Spud: Wher wor wee? (came out of the blue after a 5 mins cab journey)
Me (in a surprised, but acknowledging tone) : Where? We are in a cab
Spud: Why?
Me: (????) Because we are going home
Spud: Okay (Seemed to be appeased by my answer)
Me, Silver Bullet, My Mother: All burst out laughing.
Right.
I had to scratch me head on that. It sounded all innocent and surprisingly in the right context, but honestly, I am not sure if she understood it all.
Nevertheless, coming from a 16 months toddler, I thought it was quite a hilarious and an eye-opening conversation.
It IS amazing how much little tots can absorb little things like that in their little heads.
I guess the constant jabbering of “whys” and actually expecting a real answer will just be around the corner
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