Monday, November 5, 2007

Suddenly I'm not that eager for Casey's first word

Kid can't even talk yet, and I'm worried about him watching his language.

He's got this phonetic refrigerator magnet kit -- one magnet for each letter, plus an electronic box, also magnetic, that plays a little song about each letter's sound when you plug the right magnet into it. (Erika's posted before about Casey's favorite letter.)

This weekend he got a little private rhythm game going, holding a letter in each hand, plugging one into the box, then the other, just swapping the letters back and forth. The letters he chose:  F and U.  So thanks to Casey, our refrigerator spent two minutes singing, "F says fuh! ... U says you! ... F says fuh! ... U says you!"  And so forth.  Someday that'll warrant a grounding, but at this age, I'll give him a pass.