Word Coupling

I've all but given up on trying to keep track of Calvin's developing vocabulary. But I thought I'd make note of his word coupling. He combines two words, but keeps them separated in delivery.

For example, from his crib one morning, I heard, "Diaper. Pees." (Diaper, please) with a full stop between the two words.

Calvin likes to boss Jake, the cat, around so we hear a lot of "Geek. Down." (Jake, down) as he wanders the house, whether Jake is in the room, or not.

Adding an apostrophe introduces a third syllable. For example, "Daddy. Ss. Soos." (Daddy's shoes) Or "Nalnin. ss. Gook". (Calvin's book).

He hasn't moved on to a three word combo, yet. His attempt at "More juice, please" gets jumbled. All three words, individually, are as clear as crystal. "Moor. Joose. Pees." But strung together, it's "pee pee pees". Go figure.