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The words, and what to do with them
Short pieces about the words kids make up, written by the parent who wrote them down. Why they happen, how to keep them, what to put them on.
Funny words kids make up, and why they make them up
Yestertime, awesomer, trifficult, likeded. Why little kids invent words, the kinds they invent, and how to keep the good ones before they are gone.
Read itHow to put your kid's made-up word on a hoodie
Type the word, pick the lettering and the color, see it on the hoodie, order. Kid and grown-up sizes, printed to order in the USA, about a week to arrive.
Read itSeven ways to keep the words your kid says
The made-up words go by five. A notes file, a word of the year, a family word, a hoodie at Christmas: seven ways to keep them that take under a minute each.
Read itThe baby book nobody fills in, and the one they do
Most baby memory books stop at month six. A plain journal with your kid's own word on the cover gets used for years. What to write down, and when.
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