Please and Julia

Lots and LOTS of new words coming fast and furious from Julia lately. Please and Julia are just 2 of the latest.

Last week I thought that maybe I should teach Julia how to say her name. Of course she picked it right up. It took a day or two, though, before she made the connetion that the picture of her was also Julia. Up until now, when she points at a picture of herself she either says "me" or "baby". Although she is leaving the "L" out of her name, so it sounds like Ju-ya when she says it!!

I have been trying to get Julia to say "please" for MONTHS now. She is GREAT at "Thank You" and says it all the time without prompting, but would never say please. So I just kept working with her on it. Then on Saturday night she walked over to the microwave and made her wanting gesture while going "uh, uh, uh..". We had a bag of chocolate on top of the microwave and she knew it. So I asked her "Do you want a piece of candy?". She responded by saying "Peeze". I was shocked! Finally she said please. So I told her "So you can say please, you just have to want something bad enough to say it". To which she responded "Pretty peeze"!!! I about fell over! We rarely ever say "pretty please", so I was amazed she picked that up. Especially since she had never said please before!!

So of course I had to give her the piece of candy. So for the rest of the night she would run up to DH or I and say "peeze" and then run for where the candy was at. She probably had 6 pieces (maybe more)! I just could not deny her when she would say "peeze". So now she has learned saying please is the magic to getting what she wants! (Smart cookie!)

It is SOOO much harder to tell her "no" now that she asks with a "peeze". I feel like such a mean mommy!