"Chaela, do you want to come upstairs with mommy," I asked, expecting for her to either reach for me or shake her head.
"No," she replied.
Ahh! Save me!
There is supposed to be a "language explosion" around 18 months old, and I think we're getting closer. Her vocabulary is growing by at least two words per day now, and usually more. Some words that she couldn't say when she started talking have grown much more distinct and her phonological inventory (the sounds she can make) is increasing by leaps and bounds. It's exciting!
Here are a few of Chaela's new words:
Ninni - Lindsay (who is home visiting)
ga-se - glasses
tiis - cheese
mumu - movie
yoks - socks
miti - mittens
dis! - this, as in "give me this" or "let me destroy this"
bat - bath
Jiizi - Jesus
naaaice - nice, as in what Will says when he kills someone on Halo
baipa - daiper
pa-pa-fwa - pacifier
Those are a few of the new words that she's saying, but there are more all the time. I think this is my favorite stage she's been in so far. I love communicating with her!
Also, I'm kind of absurdly happy that Chaela has started carrying around this stuffed dog that we bought for her. We actually bought it the day my niece Addy was born. We were looking for a gift for her when I found this little husky toy. I thought Jana, Addy's mom, might like something more like a teddy bear, so picked out a teddy bear for Addy. Still, I couldn't put the puppy down. Since I was pregnant, we bought it anyways. I never thought Chaela would like it, but now it's right up there with her blankie!
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I am loving the language phase! Adam's got about 20 words so far - many of which are food items (bread, milk, cheese, banana).
Adam likes to sleep with a stuffed Venom doll from the Spiderman comics that our friend Aaron bought for him at the New York Comic Convention. It's the cutest little scary thing you've ever seen.
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