Vocab Explosion!

14 September 2011

Your vocabulary has been EXPLODING lately. It's so much fun to hear you say words and to be able to communicate with you more. You can now say so many words and you understand so many more.

I've been trying to write down words you've said that I understand. You don't saying them super clearly, but I can sometimes figure out the word you're trying to say. I'm sure I've missed some, but here's the list:
ball, bear, binky, birdy, black, blanket, block, blue, boat, book, bracelet, broccoli, bug, bunny, bus, butterfly, bye, cat, church, circle, clock, cracker, daddy, diaper, doggie, down, duck, ear, escalator, eyes, fish, frog, garments, giraffe, ham, hi, hippo, milk, mommy, monkey, neck, no, oops, owl, Paige, peach, pillow, potty, princess, purse, push, rice, see you, shapes, shark, shoe, square, star, strawberry, stuck, sun, thank you, towel, train, truck, umbrella, up, yeah.

You can make the sounds for a lot of things (when we ask "What does ___ say?"), including:
train, car, dog, cat, bunny, sheep, monkey, cow, duck, pig, snake, lion, tiger, leopard, bird, shark, bear, cat, frog.

You know two of your letters: M and F. When you see those letters you point to them and say "em!" or "eff!"

You use a few signs still, but mostly just for please and thank you.

You've also started using small sentences! I've heard you say:
Daddy, up!
(Daddy was sitting on the couch and you wanted him to come play in your room)

Where did Dad go?
(Daddy had a few weeks of vacation and when he had to start going back to school you were pretty sad. You kept asking for him and wondering where he was.)

We also have little conversations now, such as:
(after you bump your head)
Mommy: Did you bump your head?
Paige: Yeah
Mommy: Did it hurt?
Paige: Yeah
Mommy: Should I kiss it?
Paige: Yeah
Mommy: *kisses head* Is that better?
Paige: Yeah! *runs off*
It doesn't sound like much, but interacting like this with you is so much fun!