barefoot earlier

W, my nearly 2 year old nephew, is testing his new found ability to say the end of words. It's now "do..og" as a triumphant two syllables rather than "do". It's not always going quite so well though, although he thinks it is: frog is now a very clear "fuck".

He's so close to making himself understood he gets very excited about talking and plays with words when he's out in his pram, always at the top of his voice. "Bugger bugger bugger" is to be heard as he's wheeled about. He gets started as soon as he can see something he can name in a yell.

My plan is to wait until we're all somewhere a bit genteel and quiet like Betty's tea shop, then get out a toy frog.