Baby D has taken some giant steps recently. He finally decided that the limits of mischief obtained by crawling had been reached and is now marching around the place like a veteran. (My dreams that he'd suddenly need 2 hour naps once he started to walk alas, remain unrealised, but I cherish a small hope that when he learns to run he might succumb to exhaustion.) He has also started to speak a form of Baby D Mandarin, where a slight change in the tone completely changes the meaning of the word. So ‘toe’ can mean Granddad Tom, or toast, but interestingly never an actual toe, which are called ‘toe-toes’. His favourite phrase is ‘Wassis?’ which sounds like he’s auditioning for a Budweiser commercial and is used for a variety of questions. He doesn’t mind yet what answer you give so you can make anything up. This morning though I was stumped by 7am, as Baby D woke up with a pressing question on his little mind; what does his stuffed Panda say? I wracked my brains through a chorus of “Wassis?” as I got him up. We clarified that cows say ‘Moo’, dogs say ‘Wuff-Wuff’ and for good measure tigers say ‘Roaaar!’ as I dressed him and changed his nappy, until eventually in the middle of our porridge (‘po-po’) we agreed that Panda would say the easily reproduced, “Ooooo Oooo”. I just hope I remember it tomorrow morning because if I don’t I’ll be hit with another barrage of “wassis?” until the correct Panda voice comes out of the teddy. Incidentally, what noises do Pandas make? Answers on a postcard please!
