{"id":8626,"date":"2016-02-10T09:38:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2016-02-09T22:19:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T03:19:41","slug":"nate-calls-me-daddy-x-other-quirky-things-about-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/nate-calls-me-daddy-x-other-quirky-things-about-him\/","title":{"rendered":"My son calls me Daddy! And eight other quirky things about Nate."},"content":{"rendered":"

My youngest son Nate is 17 months. I think for me, this might be my favourite kids age thus far. At least between the ages of newborn to five. Here are some of my favourite things about Nate and what makes him the most loveable toddler around (in my humble, very biased, opinion).<\/p>\n

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  1. He’s a talker. He recently mastered “yaaaa” for yes and sometimes he speaks Russian and says “Da.” He also started stringing two words together like “No More” and “That Ball”. He can say “Bowl” “Ninja Turtle” and “Kitty” and he says “Goal” for hockey. In fact, you can often hear him chant “Goal Dadda, Goal!” He loves saying “Nana” which is short form for “banana” but now means ALL food! He mastered the word “dadda” early on, around one year, but he refuses to say “Ima” (which is mom in Hebrew). Instead, he just calls me dadda. He gets such a kick out of it, especially when we are all amused and laugh. However, he now refers to everyone as “dadda” including his two brothers. It’s funny to see all of us respond to him when he calls out “Dadda”.\u00a0\"Nathan<\/li>\n
  2. The first thing he says when he wakes up every morning is “goal” because he wants us to take him to the basement to play hockey. Cute… but not so cute at 5:30 AM!\u00a0\"Nate<\/li>\n
  3. He learned the tactic of stalling at bed time early on. He always asks for “mayim” (water in Hebrew) the minute we step foot into his room at night.\u00a0\"Nate\"<\/li>\n
  4. He loves walking around, holding our cell phones and saying “cheese” as\u00a0if he’s taking our picture. In the same vein, he will also instinctively say “cheese” if he looks up \u00a0and sees that we’re holding up our camera and aiming it at him.\u00a0\"Nate<\/li>\n
  5. His favourite show is the Bubble Guppies. He says\u00a0“Bubble” when he wants us to put it on for him and he says “Ba Ba Bubble” on repeat as if to sing the show’s theme song.\u00a0\"Nate<\/li>\n
  6. He is obsessed with dancing. He will twirl, spin and sway from side to side all over our front hallways whenever we put music on.\u00a0\"Nate<\/li>\n
  7. The best is when he gets excited. With the biggest grin on his face he flaps his hands up and down and stomps his feet in excitement. He’s just so happy he can’t contain his excitement!\u00a0\"Nate<\/li>\n
  8. Nate is super sweet and has a heart of gold. He loves to show affection and will hug and kiss anyone at any chance he gets. Just a few weeks ago, after a doctor visit, the Dr blew him a kiss when we were leaving and Nathan walked right over to her to give her a kiss on the cheek. Whenever we ask him for a kiss or hug, he immediately says “more!” and looks around the room to see who else he can hug and kiss.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Nate<\/p>\n

    While I know that pretty much everything is a phase, I truly hope that he keeps up his silliness, love for his family, sweet demeanor and loving personality.<\/p>\n

    What’s your favourite kid age \/ stage?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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