Claire (17 months) refuses to say her name. She often talks in full sentences and has a vocabulary of hundreds of words (including cookie, crayon, cracker, crocodile, and guacamole), but she has never said "Claire."
At first, you would ask her, "What's your name?" and she would always respond "Baby." This started about eight months ago when we got pregnant with baby #3, so Kate worried Claire didn't want to give up that title. Now, you can tell it has nothing to do with a title – she wants to keep her favorite running joke going.
Her response to "what is your name?" changes depending on her audience. When one of her mimis asks her, she looks up pensively, says "Ummmm..." (building the suspense) , and responds with "Papa!" Ask again, and get another answer, "Ummmm... Tessie!" She always follows with a big smile and a giggle. Tess asks her and she recites all of Sesame Street: thoughtful gaze upwards, then "Ummm... Elmo! Ummmm... Big Bird! Ummmm... Cookie!" until she has Tess on the floor laughing.
Since she could stand, Claire has danced to every song she's heard. We are facinated by her expressive face. And we always laugh when she tells us her name is "Ummm... Mama honey!"
We think our Claire Bear is hilarious, with a big personality in her little bitty peanut body.
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