Monday, March 20, 2006
Look Who’s Talking Now… Sort Of
I wrote this yesterday morning before we left for the rest of the day, and thought I had posted it when I hadn’t…
Sadie has gotten a lot more likely to use words to communicate recently, and has expanded the vocabulary she attempts to say. She’d still rather mime, but even having her say “no” or “yeah” when that is what she means is a pleasant improvement. In particular, she happily attempts 2 syllable words.
One of her favorite things is Robin Eggs, which are candy covered, egg-shaped malted milk balls. Deb loves them, so I bring them home sometimes while they are in season and a cheap treat. She had previously learned the word “egg” and applied it to them. Yesterday she pointed at the cabinet where we keep them and said “robin.” Well, clearly tried to; you can imagine what it actually sounded like in 18 month old speech. Something like “wahbwihn.”
One of her inexplicably favorite toys is a red plastic ruler I bought sometime between 1976 and 1978, when I was in high school. Who says they don’t build things to last. Anyway, a short while ago, I coaxed her into saying “ruler” while teaching her what it was called. It sounded something like “woollah.” Very cute.