Flora
Flora’s wicked mullet is the result of this common scalp condition that causes scales to form and hair to fall out on newborns.
Cradle cap
A baby fox or one of Flora’s two middle names.
Kit
Full-sized vegetables are cut, peeled, and shaped into these smaller, uniform versions often served with dip.
Baby carrots
A short period of time.
Moment
These sturdy, thick books are specifically designed for infants and toddlers to prevent tearing, bending, and chewing (though Flora has ingested a decent amount of Goodnight Moon).
Board books
To most of us, this is the ideal way to end the day. To Flora, it is basically torture.
Laying down / being on her back
Commonly served with spaghetti, this is one of the many nicknames Michael calls Flora
Meatball
These red, round, wax-covered treats are the stars of lunch boxes everywhere.
Babybel cheese
An instrument to measure temperature.
Thermometer
In “The Monster at the End of This Book,” this Muppet begs the reader to stop turning pages.
Grover
Good thing we’re in Ottawa, where the river causes lots of this air movement that Flora has loved ever since she was a newborn.
Wind
Flora has Kya’s last name. A social system where women hold primary power and pass down property and lineage through the female line is called this.
Matriarchal society.
You eat this candy by dipping a bottle-shaped lollipop into powdered sugar.
Baby bottle pop
Significant, important.
Momentous
In this Mem Fox classic, the reader is trying to find a woolly animal of a specific colour.
Where is the Green Sheep?
Ironically, Flora dislikes the fruit that gives its name to the slobbery noise she loved to make when she was around 6 months old.
Raspberries
Symbols, accents or glyphs added to letters to change their pronunciation or meaning, like in Flora’s other middle name, Dao.
Diacritics
Sometimes called a Bismark, this baked good resembles a large Yorkshire pudding.
Dutch baby
Catchall term for a small object or device.
Doodad
Zebra, Lion, Moose, and Sheep wake up an unfriendly creature in this Nick Bland hit that Kya has memorized.
The Very Cranky Bear
Flora’s stuffed cat is named after this quad-burning side character from Tropic Thunder.
Half-Squat
"Flora” contains two of these; in English, the stress is on the first, in French, the second
Syllables
These savoury racks don’t from young pigs; they get their name because of their shorter and smaller size.
Baby back ribs
A quick, hasty retreat.
Skedaddle
One of Flora’s favourites, this book by Margaret Wise Brown tells the story of a pair of locomotives travelling West. Choo choo!
Two Little Trains