I discovered two new things today, things that have been going on for a while but it has just taken a little while for me to realise.
The first is that Sophie has a nickname that we and everyone at the unit has been using since she was born: "Miss Sophie", everyone calls her that, so much so that I think it has begun to stick. We don't mind it, and I guess most nicknames are given unintentionally so if that is what she is going to be known as in the unit then thats OK. Oh, and they don;t just call all the girls Miss, it is only her, maybe it says something about her personality already.
The second thing is that Deb and I have discovered a new way of communicating. We have discovered that you can say things to one another by ostensibly talking to Sophie. For example, I say to Sophie "Mummy's going to turn the naughty light off isn't she? Yes she is" said in a cutesy baby voice translates as "Deb will you please turn the light off". This works quite well and you can even be quite cheeky and get away with it, for example "Mummy's a silly clogs isn't she, Mummy doesn't know what she is talking about Eh? No she doesn't" means..... Well I will let you figure it out.
Something else I learnt today is that Sophie was the most popular girls name in New Zealand for 2008! We had no idea about this when we chose the name, in fact we do not know any other baby Sophies at all, nor even heard of any. Lilly comes in at number 6, Sophia at 21 , Sarah at 32 and Sofia at 88. Interesting. Click HERE for the full list.
Oh, I did the same thing with 'Amy', which was the most popular name in 2000. And you think you're being oh so original!
ReplyDeleteI agree about talking through the baby - it's surprising how much you say to your kids is actually meant for adult ears. This has been an issue for us of course because while I speak to the kids in English, everyone else speaks Japanese. If I say to them 'Say Thank You' it's as much to let the other adults know that you, the parent, is making an effort to teach them manners. So I found myself having to say in again in Japanese, completely redundantly, just so the adults could know what I was saying to the kid!