The baby is *almost* 19 months old.

[conuly]

This post is just about her language, though, not her age :)

(Very nearly all signs now have spoken words attached, so I'm not listing them right now)

I'm listing the word first, then her pronunciation(s) of it.

Tickle (ik-uh)
Sticker (guh-gah)
Hat (ha)
Shoe (shhhhoooooo)
Sock (ahk)
Ball (ba)
Apple (apple, ap-uh)
Connie (Connie, Ah-ee, Cah-eee)
Ana (Ana)
Mama (Mama)
Nanen (Nanen, Nana)
C'mon (cmon, cmah)
Give me your hand (han, ha)
Cup (cuh (said while signing))
Book (ba, boo)
Bird (ba, bird)
Bus (ba, buh)
More/again (mamama)
Yummy (mmm, yumyumyum)
Up (up, uppa)
Down (da)
No (no)
Daddy (Addee, Daddy)
Star (car)
Car (ca, car)
Hide (haven't heard this one, but Jenn says she has)
Look (yook - only heard it once or twice so far)
There-you-are (der-you-arr!)
Bear (ba, bear - she prefers to sign this one)
Baby (ba - she prefers to sign bear or baby for this)
Spoon (spoo, oon - not sure what she's saying, but she's clearly saying spoon)
Mine/give it back (mahn!)
Dog (woo, woof)
Duck (kack kack, quack)
Lap (ap, lap)
Bye (bye, bye-bye)
Hi (hi)
Bowl (ba, bo - I might be wrong about this one)
Uh-oh (uh-oh)
Phone (fone, hone)
Banana (bana - she doesn't say that one much unless I prompt her to)
Help (heh, helll)
Stop (dap, dat - I'm having flashbacks to Ana here! And she'll cover my mouth if I'm singing and she's Just Not Tired, just like Ana did. Rude children :P)
Caballito (a-ba-ee-o, and she signs "again" at me)
Thank you (an-oo, ank you, or she signs it, only when prompted)

I think that's it. Doubtless there'll be more soon. Might even be more now, but I don't hear them.

She's been experimenting with phrases lately. Every day now, instead of just "Hi!" it's specifically some form of "Hi, Connie! Bye! Hi, Connie!" over and over again. Very cute. Little less cute now that it's been going on a week and a half :) There was the "Look, star!" bit a while back, and I hear a few "Uh-oh, spoon" type things over the day. Sometimes uh-oh with words I don't get, or non-words - but it'll be clear eventually.

Edit: Oh, and mine. I'm so sick of "mine", especially when whatever it is is not hers by any sane definition. I blame Ana for this. But it's another word I hear in phrases sometimes, when she's not too busy trying to convince me how CRYINGLY SAD she is to speak. "Mine car!" or "Mine ba!" are heard several times a day. By me, of course. How do you explain to a 19 month old that if you look at it, then put it down and wander off for 20 minutes, it's not yours anymore?

Comments

[mayna.livejournal.com]

I forget what my kids were like at that age, it's amazing how much they change so quickly!

[mayna.livejournal.com]

I forget what my kids were like at that age, it's amazing how much they change so quickly!