Before I go to bath with Haruka, I would tell Haruka let's bath with the duck. Then, I continue with excited expressions - kick, kick, kick, pung (sound of water splash), pung, pung, ofuro (which means bath in Japanese). As Haruka gets more and more familiar with this phrase, she will make her baby talk with excitement. Its amazing that at 2 months old, Haruka can understand me! Thats lots of time investment with the right fun phrases. At the bath tub, I will first tell Haruka, let's put the duck inside the water. She probably does not understand me. But, I say it faithfully every day to get rubber ducky warm in the warm water as Haruka will be biting it when I bath her. Later, I even hold her hands and push the rubber ducky into the warm water hoping that she will do it herself in the future. While bathing Haruka, I sometimes hit the water with my palms causing a small splash and said pung. And I encourage Haruka to kick the duck with her legs and say "Kick, kick, kick!" That's how Haruka learn new words. If I teach her from the book, she will never remember. Also, this way I know she is learning as she is kicking her legs in the bath tub with so much fun!
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Did you hear of the joke about how we spend 14 years of our life teaching our kids to talk and walk but later tell them to shut up and sit down? One day when her hands get bigger and splashes much much more water, especially out of the tub, Daddy may wonder whether he needs to teach her to mop the floor later! :)
Actually, I am thinking when I should be clothed in the bathtub with lil Haruka. No knowing when her sharp claws will do more damage than a wet bathroom.
Have you watched Desperate Housewives? Don't every parents hope they have mature and intelligent kids like those of Teri Hatcher. (can't remember her character name).
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