Thursday, 18 September 2008
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Words and words
SP is now seventeen months. I've read that by eighteen months, toddlers should be able to say about ten words. Here is what SP can say:
- mama, mommy, and mommy-ah (all refer to me at different times of the day)
- dada (I think this still means her name)
- da (her daddy, K)
- baba (her bottle)
- baba (my mom)
- bah (also her bottle)
- bah (as in what a sheep says)
- bah (ball)
- eye (the body part)
- eye (Hi)
- ot (out, though she doesn't say it very often) (it also sometimes means down)
- eee-ah (eat)
- tickle
- LaLa (her beloved blanket)
I have no idea why she puts the 'ah' sound at the end of some of her words, but that is entirely her doing. So is 'mommy'. I have never referred to myself or others by that title. It's always been 'mama'.
So far that is about fifteen words, and about half are two syllables. I guess she is on track. Whatever; I'm not worried about anything. She's talking ALL the time. I just don't know what she's saying yet.
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Comments (2)
you wait, pretty soon you won't be able to get her to shut up. And then around four or five, she acquire that bane of all people with ears, the little girl shriek. which you often hear when kids are playing and the girl is startled, or excited, or just about any other emotion you can think of.
LGS, or little girl shriek is one of the main reasons I never had kids. It makes nails on a chalkboard seem calming.
Oh my gosh, so exciting! Has it been much easier now that you can communicate with her?