The chatter of a 2-3 year old is a treasure you can only hear now [Parenting Diary]

The chatter of a 2-3 year old is truly adorable.

They try so hard to string together the words they've just learned,
telling me about what happened today or things that popped into their head.

Their pronunciation is still a bit off,
and the word order is sometimes a little strange.

Even so, I find myself swooning every day at the sight of them trying so hard to communicate.
My second daughter,

no matter how hard she tries, says "kocho" instead of "choco" (chocolate).
So "chocopain" (chocolate bread) becomes "kochopain".

And for some reason, "potato" is "popepo".

"I want kochopain!"

"And popepo too!"

Such casual conversations are so cute,

I can't help but laugh 🤣
She is completely serious.



Because she is talking so earnestly,those mispronunciations are irresistibly endearing.
Just a little while ago it was only single words,

but before I knew it, she started speaking in sentences.
She learns words almost every day,

and the things she can do keep increasing.


A child's growth really happens in the blink of an eye.Surely in a few years,

she will graduate from "kochopain" and "popepo",
and be able to say "chocopain" and "potato" just like anyone else.
That is a happy kind of growth.

But,

these mispronunciations are something I can only hear now.That is why I,

want to make sure I don't miss a single bit of my child's chatter.


Someday, "kochopain" and "popepo" will just be memories.I want to cherish and keep these little treasures,
which only exist right now, deep in my heart.