Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Caca

Owen started saying "caca" a few weeks ago. Despite its Spanish meaning, we were pretty sure that Owen was asking for a "cracker" whenever he used it, and responded by giving him something in the complex carbohydrate family and congratulating him. However, Owen's use of the word quickly morphed into whatever food he was in the mood for, including pears, bananas, tortellini and other non-cracker like substances. Yesterday, he used "caca" to refer to the brass knocker on our front door and the chain on the the storm door. Allen is convinced that when Owen uses "caca" he really does mean something and that we as parents are simply failing to understand him. I think Owen is just babbling and that Allen is full of caca. Any thoughts, gentle readers?

3 comments:

Allen A. Fawcett said...

According to Brad, Mia's favorite song is "Poo-poo, Ca-ca, Pee-pee," but I don't think it has anything to do with crackers.

Anonymous said...

I am of the opinion that the truth lies somewhere in between, although I did delight in your comment about Allen being full of caca. :) Colin called everything "ba" for several weeks before progressing to separate sounds for various items. Owen is on the brink of this...in a few weeks, you may be longing for the days of simple caca. Happy Holidays!

Brad said...

A synonym for ca-ca is used for just about everything in English language (at least that's the way I use it). Maybe Owen is just ahead of the curve.