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INVyou almost can't buy anything without batteries anymore .
MOTbatteries or else it all comes apart .
MOT*MOT: we used to try to keep everything on the shelves and it's just really hard to do that .
MOTmy husband got to be fanatic about it .
MOTand finally I said +"/.
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MOTif Parent cries or gets hurt, she'll offer her her blanket .
MOTParent doesn't have a special blanket yet .
MOT*MOT: I don't know why, I guess I just haven't had one for her .
MOTbut to her, that's really important to give her sister the blanket .
MOTand I thought, well, how sweet to think, well, that'll comfort her, because that's what comforts her .
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CHII can't .
MOTyou can't ?
MOT*MOT: you're just having trouble ?
MOThere .
MOTtake him for a ride .
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MOTcan you do that ?
CHIxxx .
MOT*MOT: [- to inv] do you study their speech, or just the way they behave ?
INVspeech .
INVI think it'd be really interesting to study how they behave, but I wouldn't know where to start .
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MOTI know other people who have two year olds xx .
MOTit's not like they're extra smart .
MOT*MOT: it's just that people have taken time xx .
MOTand she will pick up on things .
MOTif you tell her something, she'll remember it .
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MOTand she will pick up on things .
MOTif you tell her something, she'll remember it .
MOT*MOT: but I just haven't had the time .
MOTI've been so busy with diapers, and keeping everybody clean, that I feel negligent in that way .
MOTwell, then I thought, she will pick up on it .
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MOT+" see the bear going up the stairs ?
MOTshe xx .
MOT*MOT: like now she's talking in just words, but she does say sentences .
INVyeah, I xx .
INVyou've said some sentences while I've been here .
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INVyou've said some sentences while I've been here .
INVI've heard you .
MOT*MOT: you'll just get used to her, and then she'll be gone .
MOTbe careful .
MOTyou'll choke .
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MOT+" you should have told her it was on .
MOTshe said +"/.
MOT*MOT: +" but it wasn't on, I just turned it off .
MOTI said +"/.
MOT+" but it's still hot when it's off .
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INVright there, by the couch .
MOTwould you wipe your nose for me ?
MOT*MOT: just a little bit .
MOThere .
INVI think she's taken notice that I'm here now .
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CHIwhere's the porcupine ?
CHIxxx [% in a sing song voice] .
MOT*MOT: she's just started singing lately .
MOTshe makes up these little songs, and sings aloud [=! laughs] .
INV[- to Jamie] are you biting that dog ?
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INVyou wanna go on a horsey ?
INVoutside ?
MOT*MOT: we don't have very many places for kids just to ride ponies and things .
MOTI guess because the insurance is probably so high .
MOTxxx horse or pony .
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MOTwhich is too bad, in a way, because even though they're talking, you're still not seeing the real child .
INVyeah .
MOT*MOT: it's too bad you can't do a month's study, just getting friendly with the kids .
MOTxxx calm down xxx .
MOTxxx phone books and catalogs .
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MOTis it J_C Penney's or Sears ?
MOTxxx the victim of little hands .
MOT*MOT: I just saw something that she really liked .
MOTwhere is it ?
CHII can't .
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MOTsee the baby dolls ?
CHIwhere's the baby dolls ?
MOT*MOT: you just passed them .
MOTbicycles .
INVshall we find the dolls again ?
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MOTpunk rock dolls .
MOTthey are ugly .
MOT*MOT: I could see if they had pretty faces with makeup, but they're just ugly .
MOTI still like my Shirley Temple doll, and I had Betsy Wetsy, all those Madam Alexander dolls .
CHIpants .
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MOTnow the destructive Jamie's coming out .
MOTxxx magazine .
MOT*MOT: I finally decided what's the difference if I go shopping to buy toys or if I just run through Penney's and Sears and charge em .
MOTcause you can still go to the store every week and make a twenty five dollar payment or something, as if you were puttin(g) (th)em on lay away .
MOTit saves you all that running around .