Hug-o, Clap, Clap, and Coughsez

Sophia has this new habit of adding "o" to the end of everything she says. Today at breakfast after she tasted the apple raisin oatmeal bake, she said, "Yuck-O!" She used to say, "Huggie" when she wanted a hug, but now it's "Hug-O!" Other words that she alters include: hurt-o, toe-o, head-o. I think you get the pattern.

Olivia has decided that clapping after she asks someone to do something will some how make them more likely to act or maybe act faster. She'll say to Sophia, "Get the cups!" followed with a clap, clap, clap. Or she'll say to me, "More toast!" clap, clap. I've tried to explain to her that this isn't the most effective way to get what you want and that it sounds bossy, but she just doesn't see it, yet.

Sophia has developed another interesting speech pattern. I can't think of the name of the rule that she is over-generalizing, but it has to do with making words plural. Instead of saying "ghosts", she says "ghostez". "Coughs" is "coughsez". To plural the word "leaf", she says, "Leafsez." I'll be sad when this phase ends.