Jorryn-isms

It’s true. Kids really do say the darndest things. Ever since Jorryn voiced her first Da-Da sounds at around 6 months of age, she’s been delighting and—let’s be honest here—sometimes annoying us with a never-ending barrage of sounds and utterances.  

Since pregnancy and motherhood have given me the attention span and memory of a gnat, I wanted to write these “Jorryn-isms” down so I don’t forget them. Plus, I think friends and family (and maybe Peep someday) will get a kick out of reading them.  Some of them are made-up words or funny pronunciations and others are just exclamations or favorites.  At any rate, here they are:

Me-Me (pronounced Mimi): I’m partial, but this one’s my favorite. It’s what she calls me. Not sure why MaMa, Mom, or Mommy never made the cut but I love this. I always know when she’s talking or calling to me and when she’s throwing a temper tantrum and screaming in public, I can always look around and pretend she belongs to someone named Mimi.

Ah ______: Again, not sure how this came about but Jorryn prefaces many of her words with “Ah” or “a.” Ah ball. Ah book. Ah Me-Me.

Kiddee!!!!: She used to refer to the cat with meowing noises but now she screams KIDDEE!!!!! Whenever she sees our cat Jayden and chases him around the house. He’s not a fan but we think it’s hilarious.

Keen: This is how she says “clean.” And she loves to get paper towels, baby wipes, Kleenex, or toilet paper, and clean up around the house. Unfortunately, she usually tries to eat the paper product when she’s done. Gross.

Animal Noises: Speaking of animal noises, these were some of her first words and sounds and still some of her favorites.
Woof-Woof: This is the only thing she’ll say in regards to dogs or puppies. It was her first animal noise and her favorite “lovey” is a stuffed pink dog that goes “woof-woof.” She sleeps with it in her crib. J
Cat: Mow (rhymes with wow)
Lion: Rarrrrrrr (sounds like a garbled growl)
Pig: snorting noises with her nose squished up
Snake: Ssssssssssssss
Monkey: Ooooh ooooh ooooooh
Dolphin: EEE EEE EEE (This may seem like a weird one to teach a toddler but it’s kind of a family trait to be able to make a good dolphin noise, right Uncle Andy?)

Bubble: This one’s notable because it was her first two-syllable word that wasn’t Da-Da. Plus, the girl loves her some bubbles.

Nana!!!!: This is what she calls bananas. They are her favorite food by far. She eats AT LEAST one a day.

Oh No! : This is probably her favorite phrase. She says it ALL the time for just about any reason you can think of.

Granimal: Okay, so Jorryn doesn’t exactly pronounce this one yet, but it’s what we’ve called my Mom since the start. It began with a pair of animal print pajamas, a little sleep deprivation, and a Grandma who was willing to stay up all hours of the night soothing “the hornet” in the early days wearing said animal-print jammies. It’s a kind of complicated nickname but it stuck…what do you do?

Bob-Bob: Bob-bob is my Dad, Grandpa Bob.

‘Allo!: This is how she says “hello” when she’s playing with phones. It’s hilarious…she says it with a British or French accent. Who knows where she picked that up?

Ah Choo-Choo! :Peep LOVES trains. This one is self-explanatory.

Ah, ah, ah, choo!: She fake sneezes too…I have no clue where she got this either.

I did it!: We can probably thank Dora the Explorer for this, but she loves to run around the house saying “I did it!” And when Dora comes on TV, she doesn’t say Dora—she calls it “Ah Boots” after Boots the monkey on the show.

Colors: We’ve recently been working on colors. Her favorite is green (pronounced geen). Everything is geen…although lellow and purr-pole are also contenders.

Farts: It’s not classy, but I’m going to include it in this list. Any time she hears tooting noises (fake or real) she laughs and says PooPoo! I shouldn’t encourage it, but let’s face it; farts are funny at any age.

Baybee!!!: This is what she screams when she sees any baby but especially her new brother. On a related note, she seems incapable of saying “baby” at any volume under a million decibels.  Needless to say, she often wakes up or startles Tanner with this one.

Bubba: When she tries to say brother, something like Bubba comes out. It’s cute.  As far as nicknames go, it’s not too shabby . We’ll see how it goes . J

So there you have it. I’m sure I’m forgetting some and that I’ll add to this list in the future but these are the ones that come to mind at present. I can’t wait to show these to Jorryn when she’s old enough to be embarrassed by them.