Sunday, January 4, 2015

Speech update - 14 months

Eden is communicating a lot these days!  It's adorable.  She is starting to say more consonants - we hear her babbling "na" and "ma" and "va" and "ba" sometimes (not really any "g" or "k") yet, but when she is trying to convey meaning she usually sticks to the "d" and "t" consonant sounds.

Here is her vocabulary so far:

"uh oh" = "I dropped something," "I fell down," "I have purposefully thrown something," "I am about to purposefully throw something," "I am currently falling down" or "these look like stairs, which I might fall down on"
"ut" = "pick me up" or "I know you are currently holding me, but you need to stand up," "I know you are currently holding me while standing up, but I want to go somewhere else" (aside: we put a lot of effort into teaching her this one because she was previously using whining very often to communicate!)
"dat" or "da doh?" = "what is that?" or "I want that" or "I want to eat that NOW and not what is on my plate"
ROAR!!! = the answer to "what does a lion say?"
"ah oo" - the answer to "what does a monkey say?"
"mama" = ??? (she's started babbling this more, but it doesn't seem to be used to mean "mama")
"dada" = daddy, mama, and everything else (she seems to be close to using this meaningfully, but she likes to walk around saying "dada" in various intonations without meaning)
"wa" or "wa wa" = water (we think), or "wow" depending on intonation and emphasis
"dod" = dog (maybe...based on context clues)
"dut" = duck (maybe)
"deedat" or something like this = kitty cat (maybe)
"hat" = hat
"hot" = hop (for a bunny)
"hoo" - the answer to "what does an owl say?"
EDIT: how could I forget - "ha" = hi

She still uses sign language too - limited signs but uses them very confidently.  She uses the conventional signs for "milk" and "all done," and she uses a modified "more" sign (index finger pointing vigorously at other palm) to mean "I want a specific food item that you are not currently giving me (even if you are currently giving me other food items)."  She has also gotten pretty good at shaking her head "no"!  E.g., "Eden, it's time to get out of the bath [after 30 minutes]"  ---> vigorous head shake

Eden loves singing and dancing - when she hears a song she knows, she'll drop whatever is in her hand and start clapping and often bends her knees and shakes her little butt.  Here are some songs/stories she knows the motions to:

If you're happy and you know it
Itsy bitsy spider
Sticky bubble gum (we hadn't heard of this song but she learned it at school)
Bim bam Shabbat Shalom
Bedtime at the Nut House (Mr. Eric's book)
Five little monkeys
Row Row Row your boat
Number Dance (TLG)

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