What is in a Name?

Cody, Caleb and I have all been working with Joya Claire on her name, but when she is asked what her name is she still says "Baby" in her sweet little toddler voice. When she is told that her name is Joya Claire she says "no, no, no, Baby". I think it has become a bit of a game for her and it is causing quite a lot of laughter for all of us!

My name?

Joya Claire has been talking up a storm lately and I have been so proud of her language acquisition. In the past couple of weeks she has started using three word sentences. Today, though, she was priceless. I said "what is your name, little girl"? and without hesitating a beat she said "Baby"! I was so shocked, the poor little thing doesn't even know her given name. So after lots of laughter we worked on "my name is Joya Claire", she says "Joy Care". So then we practiced again "What is your name, little girl"? and she said "Baby", so I tried one last time "What is your name, little girl"? and she said "no, no, no"! We will try again tomorrow.

Later in the evening I had to wake Cody up for work and I was asking him for some money and the car keys. He was groggy so I had to ask him a couple times. Soon after that Joya Claire was saying "Daddy, money, keys" over and over. Cody and I laughed and we figure he is in big trouble if she is already asking for those!

Caleb's vocabulary is coming along beautifully also. Today when Joya Claire was talking about an elephant saying it "ephant" , this is what Caleb said "Mama, Joya Claire talks but sometimes she doesn't use words, 'ephant' is just a word approximation". It was so funny he said it as though he were an expert on toddler speech. The great thing about it is, if you ask him what a word approximation is he will tell you!

I am always astonished at the way children acquire knowledge so quickly.