Outgrowing the diminutive

We've had another second-year-type milestone: end consonants. Unlike the major gross motor developments of the first year, second-year developments are largely unenumerated in the parenting books, usually comprising the further perfection of a skill rather than the initiation of an entirely new one. And not all kids go through all of them in the same way as dependably as the vast majority of kids usually roll over, crawl, and walk. Nevertheless we've found second-year milestones can be just as abrupt in their onset and just as likely to make Edith seem suddenly more grown-up.

So Wednesday she abruptly started putting the end consonants on a whole handful of words for the first time. Most significantly, the beloved muh! has become mehk! Meaning that when Edith demands "Mommy's mehk!" in public, people now know what she's fishing for under my coat.

And somewhat poignantly, Edie has become Edith. She got on her new tricycle on Wednesday and cheered, "Ped-uhl, Edith, ped-uhl!" And that was that. Fortunately for her family, she still answers to both.

As long as we're talking about tail ends, here's Edith multi-tasking (that's toothpaste):