When Sarah was little she would listen to whatever I wanted to in the car, which was more often than not, NPR (Morning Edition on the way to work, All Things Considered on the way home). When she was about 1, she started to protest the talk radio, and luckily we had recently acquired a mix of kids music from a first birthday party, so my ride to work shifted from Renee Montange to Raffi and The Wheels on the Bus. Where before she let me know she was sick of my radio choices by becoming a bit fussy, she now actually requests songs when she gets into the car. We have the "ahh ahh" song (If all the raindrops were lemondrops and gumdrops, oh what a life that would be. I'd stand outside with my mouth open wide, ahh ahh ahh ahh..... etc.), the "tut tut" song (A peanut sat on a railroad track... and the train ultimately goes "toot toot"), and "nana" (I'd like to eat, apples and bananas). In addition, she can clap, nod, spin, and stomp along with if you're happy and you know it, and repeats some words (such as yummy and whoa) from others. It's to the point now where as soon as we get in the car, if I put on anything (even other kids cd's) she continues to say "ahh ahh" until I put on the song she wants to hear. And as soon as a song is over she says "more" in a pseudo British accent letting me know that we need more music, now. Adorable side note, she hasn't quite figured out that she is supposed to sing along with the songs, she "ahh ahh" or "tut tut"'s after the appropriate part in the song.
I did realize yesterday though that I should probably start to more closely monitor what she's watching/listening to. She does pick up and mimic very well now, and though it made for an excellent episode of Modern Family, I'd prefer that her vocabulary at this point remained limited to body parts, animal sounds and foods.
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