I want to mark the age, 22 months old, Burl has started to play with opposites. (Ivo around the same age and here.) Among his favorite back and forth swirls are yes/no, up/down, in/out, on/off, yummy/yucky, mama/baby. He has an inkling of behind, under and their counterparts. He loves hiding-and-seeking and peek-a-booing – which he prefers to regard as hiding and seeking – in real life and in books and video. Among his favorite books right now are Caillou Mine!, Teletubbies Play Hide and Seek, Elmo Everybody Dance, Where’s the Baby’s Bellybutton?
Burl repeats anything he hears and wants to say. His rendition isn’t always recognizable – but there’s a lot of intonation. “De dah do!”/(Here you go.) handing you something, “De duh dum.”/(You’re welcome.), and “Dee En!”/(The End!), “Aw don!”/(All done!).
In his own way, Burl says; upstairs, downstairs, snowball, snowman, bed, eggs, pillow, horse, cow, pig, zebra, giraffe, school, me too, rice, soup, good-night, eat, ice-cream... the list goes on...
While shaking his head and saying a noun, Burl indicates that “there is not that thing.”
Burl enjoying Xmas Chocolate in his Skeleton PJs
Ivo and a flashless digicam in his Indians Sweatshirt
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