Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Mary Learns More Words

I last posted what Mary could communicate at 15 months: 20 signs and 7 words. Now, one month and four days later, Mary makes 21 signs and 20 words. The language explosion is beginning! What fun!

Mary Genevieve (16 months)

SIGNS (21)

BRUSHING HAIR [which she also applies to washing hair]
BRUSHING TEETH
CAT
DADDY
DIAPER
DOWN
EAT
FLOWER
GRANDPA [used when Pop-Pops was visiting]
HELLO / BYE-BYE
I HEAR SOMETHING
MORE
MUSIC [same sign she uses for TELEVISION]
NURSING
OWIE [sign she made up, tapping her head]
PHONE
POTTY [noun, verb]
SIGN OF THE CROSS [at this point, she taps her right shoulder three times]
SLEEP
WANT
WATER

WORDS (20)

Nouns
Ball
Banana
Bird
Book
Brop-Bop [brother]
Crocs [for Crocs, shoes in general]
Cup
Dada
Diaper [sounds like dop-dop]
Dirt Down [our “family word” for construction vehicles]
Hat
Kitty
Mama
Poop
Pop-Pop [Chris’ dad]
Truck

Verb
Jump

Exclamations
Bye-Bye
Hi
Ta-da!
Woof-Woof! [sound dog makes]

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