Lunch Time With My Toddler And His New Wristwatch...

My toddler was trained to speak English from earliest of his age, even though his mother is not fluent in English. He understands well but he doesn’t speak out yet. We sometimes bring him to the pool to swim. He enjoys it much. He likes to jump in to the water. His daddy was enjoyed with him. He is familiar with the word “JUMP”.

He has a nanny from a village, southern part of Timor-Leste.  One day I went home from office, I brought a sunglass and a wristwatch. My toddler was so excited. He proudly worn the wristwatch and shown it to me but the sun glass was just like a toy.

I always invite him for lunch, dinner and breakfast together with me. In the next day, I came home for lunch. One thing that makes me feel so great is he doesn’t refuge my invitation. He was very excited wearing his wristwatch. The nanny understood English very little but she was able to communicate with my toddler. She also understands Indonesia Language. The nanny stands beside the chair where my toddler seated. Then she called my toddler to show the wristwatch. Where is your JAM (Indonesia Language means wristwatch).  My toddler confused, because a bit longer sentence and my toddler was about to JUMP but the nanny repeated, “JAM, your JAM” wristwatch in Indonesia Language). My toddler suddenly JUMPED to her and she kept asking “your ‘JAM’ ” (The pronunciation of JUMP without P “JUM” is same as Indonesian Language “Jam” wristwatch). The nanny said wristwatch in Indonesian Language but my toddler catch-up in different meaning.  

My toddler almost fell down because the nanny was not aware that my toddler was going to jump in to her.  

Moral:

It is import to alert nanny about the movement of toddler.

Multi languages at home helps toddler but it is a bit hard for speeding him to speak up.