Do you want to ride the alligator?

When children are learning to talk they tend to use the wrong words at times and the rest of us laugh and think they are just so cute. When my oldest was little, he was no exception to this rule. He said the cutest things, but Heath and I were always very quick to respond with the correct word so that he would learn how to talk properly and therefore have a very smart child. Our next child was very quiet and really did not use his words until he was almost three years old. Both of the boys caught up very quickly with the rest of society and were soon correcting us anytime our Alabama accents made a word sound just a little off.

My third child, my daughter, is now three years old and often substitutes her own ways of saying words. We have not stuck to my guns on this one. No... this time we have had more of an attitude of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Yes, I have adopted my daughters own way of talking...

Alligator for Elevator

Binger for Adventure

Under for Thunder

Were's for Yours

Wee for Slide

So, Yes I do now call all of these things by her word for it. Even tonight my sister was reading her a "Franklin" story and calling it "Flakin'." Or when my sister said that she had to go and do her Laundry, Alyssa informed us all that she also has to do "Launchly." I'm willing to bet that us adults will be using those words again in the near future.

So does this mean that my daughter won't be as smart as my boys were? Nope it just means that Mom and Dad and even Aunt Angie may not always be understood.