"L-in'" It

Alathea finds blending two consonant sounds quite difficult. So, "bread" sounds like "bed" and "blue" sounds like "bue," etc.

Now we've noticed that in her effort to pronounce the blend in her favorite object, "blanket," she sometimes gets muddled about just where that "l" sound needs to go. So along with the usual "banket," we sometimes also get "banklet," or when she's REALLY trying hard, "blanklet." But every so often she does manage to say "blanket" properly, so it's just a matter of time--and bittersweet in some ways, when those quirky figures of toddler speech disappear forever.