Fae Phonics
How many syllables in the word "Star" ⭐? Two! Yes, you read that right, two - at least according to Fae. Here's how you say it: 🌟: Taah-Taah ! ✨ She does the same thing for Cat, which is also a two-syllable word: 🐈 mah-mao You might say it's just baby babbling, but I'm pretty convinced it's a conscious, stylistic choice she makes. Fae does her fair share of random babbling too, and says many clearly one-syllable words properly, like ear and moon. But some words simply deserve more than one syllable. Here's a tentative list of her vocabulary nowadays, at around 15mo: - hah : hat. She absolutely loves hats! See the photo. We should probably make a "Fae with hats" post sometime... - raccoon: Fae said this before saying Mommy . Five years before, Mara had declared baby Gaius was a little raccoon so there's something going in the family... - dye-oo : dino / dinosaur - ap-ple: a very, very clearly enunciated apple; apple was Mara's f