One of those posts that mostly for me.
At 18 months Junior has a deceptive amount of language. Deceptive becuase his pronunciation is often poor, and because once he has a word that works for him, he sticks with it, even if it's wrong. And because of course we have Pob in our heads, and at this age she was already using short sentences. But he is starting to really communicate, and his frustration is somewhat less, which is fantastic. We are getting a lot less pinching and biting, although sibling rivalry is on the rapid rise.
At 18 months Junior says
Yes
No
Please (he pronounces the 'pl' really beautifully)
Thank you (tankoo)
Mine
Dere (there)
Dereyougo (all one word, but very clear and situation-specific - he says it as he gives you something)
Ok
More
Hello
Byebye
Sky
Tree
Buggy
Plane
Car
Bus
Choo-choo
Boat
Nee-naw (as in either ambulance, fire engine, police car - anything with a siren)
Stairs
Down
Up
Poo
Wee-wee
Nappy
Bubbles
Bath
Splash
Wash
Hug
Cuddle
'Gai (again)
More
Chair
Toast
Hot
Pasta (pat-ta)
Bowl
Broc'li
'Mato
Milk (very mangled, he says something like 'mix' but he signs when he does this)
Carrot (cah-rit)
Apple (very deliberately - App-Pull)
Orange
Nana
Drink (dink)
Porridge
Cockee (coffee - applied indiscriminately to whatever an adult is drinking)
Tea
Button
Clothes
Bin
Nummy (dummy)
Mummy
Daddy
'Dina
[short version of Pob]
Nanny (Granny)
'raff (Giraffe)
Doggie
Bobo (as in the book 'Hug')
Camel (yes we read 'dear zoo' a lot!)
Mouse
Moon
Book
Socks (very mangled but he's got the cks sound right)
Shoes
Toes
Nose
Ears
Eyes
Hand
Mouth
Hair
Teeth
Peppa (Pig)
Animal noises - woof, roar, ssss, oink, meow, eeee (squeak)
Go
Singing
Sorry (sssor-ee)
Ow
Music
Gone
Allgone
'ight (light)
On
Off
'upper (supper)
Think that's about it, I've probably forgotten a few, but a good indication of where he is.
It's good to write these down, as they do change. I still mourn the cuteness of how my younger dropped his s's in words like spoon and spicy.
Is the door to the lion's cage torn off your Dear Zoo from repeated use? I taped ours back again and again, but something about ripping off that lion's door was awfully tempting for both my boys.
Posted by: Girl Detective | Monday, 17 January 2011 at 22:12
That's quite a list! Kind of makes me wish I'd written my own down, for PB.
Bea
Posted by: Bea | Monday, 17 January 2011 at 22:30
We've done the same thing with Buddy, since Dee was so verbal he really suffered in comparison. Now that he's three, I've all but forgotten since I can't get either of them to stop talking long enough to draw breath.
I particularly like that "coffee" is for an adult drinking anything. It was the same in our house, but only in the morning hours. There came a time of day when an adult female drinking anything became "wine," and for a man, "beer."
Ah, well.
Posted by: May | Tuesday, 18 January 2011 at 02:10
He's right on track, no?
Dereyougo :-)
Posted by: LutC | Wednesday, 19 January 2011 at 19:33
Wow - a little chatterbox! Good job J!
Posted by: T | Thursday, 20 January 2011 at 12:31
That's a HUGE list. My 27 month old has not been a huge talker . . .
Posted by: ali | Wednesday, 09 February 2011 at 18:14