"wheee!"

"peeease?"
the bean aka the monkey has been using the P word for several weeks now. with prompting 90% of the time. but she does deploy it as ammo for when she wants to bf. lately, she would trot to me with a sweet smile then look at me with a semi-desperate "meee" (her word for mommy) followed by "mirk peeease".

"wheee!"
i forgot to include this in the (short) list of W words. "wheeee" is the bean's word for swings. because one says "wheeee" when one sits on the swing of course.
but she also says "wheeee" when we're going downhill in the car.

"beeek" = beach
one very hot spring day we took the bean to the beach. not 5 minutes in the car she became impatient and began to repeat "beeek". when her po po told her that we would be there soon, the bean stared at her, then a few minutes later, her chant of "beeek" and unhappy fidgeting would start all over, so it was no use her po po trying to placate (or trick) her.
as soon as she caught a glimpse of the azure sea, however, she gave a joyful cry of "beeek!" and was finally happy and gurgling.
it makes me cringe at the thought of future car rides: "are we there yet?" or "why is it taking so long?" is sure to be an irritating refrain...

"mai mai mai!"
of all the teochew words to pick up, the one the bean has is "mai" for "no"...and she really uses it well too. sigh...