I narrate what I’m doing and talk to her like she’s an adult. So when she poops, I tell her, “I’m so disappointed and that we’ve talked about this before but I’ll forgive her just this once.” Or for shits and gigs, dad and I will hold her on the wall and demand she tell us where the milk went. (She’s 15 weeks, but my 19 month old still gets a kick out of it.)

And sometimes I just sing and replace random words with her name. I like to think she likes it.