Addi says

This is in real time again... (as of 8/19/2008)

This morning James and I were talking about how much Addi talks now... If you spend any time with her, you'll notice that she babbles A LOT... now they're becoming more and more cohesive and I swear, she learned 20 words in the last 2 weeks! We were trying to count how many words she can say and I was starting to forget which ones I said already - James said I should write them down, so here's my log:

Let's start with signing - it's easier, since I decided not to teach her too many words so she'll be more inclined to speak, rather than sign:
eat, food, hungry
more
no more


It's completely food-centric, but it's a great way to know what's the matter - if she's cranky and she's not hungry (if I ask her, she'll sign "no more") than I know she's tired... process of elimination!

WORD SHE CAN SAY - what it sounds like - when she uses it
UP - up/up up up up - when she wants to be carried

DOWN- dow- when she wants to be on the floor

PLEASE- pwea/pee- when she wants something

THANK YOU- dado/daychoo/daytoo- when she wants something/after you give her something/when she wants to give you something

BALL- baow/ba- if she's looking for her ball or if she's holding her ball

BOOK- buh- when she wants her book

JUICE- ju- juice

WATER- ah-do- water (to drink, swim, bathe, fountain)/when she's thirsty

BABY- bee-bee, baybee - when she sees her reflection or picture, any other child under 5

ATE- aaaaaaah-de- Hannah, Aisley, Seyla

MAMA- mama- Marie or James

DADA- dah-dah/dah-dee- James or Marie

LOLA- lola- when she talks to my mom or sees her picture

LOLO- lulo- when she sees his picture

GRANDMA- mama- when she sees her

GRANDPA- bapa- when she sees him

NOSE- no- when she points to her nose or someone elses nose

NO- nonononono -when she doesn't want to sit, eat, sleep, etc... sometimes she'll wag her finger, especially if she knows it's something she shouldn't be doing (like going through Grandma's spools of thread)

BYE BYE- bahbye- to say bye to someone/if someone opens/closes/walks by a door

HI- hi- hi

UH OH- ooh oh/uh oh- when/before/after she drops something

DIAPER- pai-pah- when she sees a diaper

ONE- too- When you ask her how old she is, she holds up one finger and says "two"

GO- go go go- when we're walking

THERE- daw- if you ask her where something/someone is, she points to it and says "daw"

CHEESE- cheeee - If she's holding a camera, she'll pretend to take a picture and say "cheese"


onomatopœia
TRAIN- choo choo- when we hear/see a train/bart

DOG- aww aww - when she hears/sees a dog or various other animals (bears, elephants, birds), she clenches her fists and tightens her upper body - I still have to videotape it!

CAT- ooooooow- I guess she can't say "me" in "meow", so she just has the drawn out "owwwwww"


It's really cute that she tries hard to communicate, when she jabbers, she uses her tongue a lot and makes sounds like
gablaboo blallooogala

she loves to click her tongue and go "blaboo blaboo blaboo" (I don't know how to write that sound, I just asked James and he doesn't know how to either, but picture someone making moose ears, scrunching their nose and making fun of you it's that blabo sound)

"no" really annoys me because I wasn't ready for it! She uses it very appropriately and she sounds like a 5 year old when she says it... she says it with such angst, I always tell people she learned it from James! She'll turn her head and say "NO!" when you try to feed her when she's not hungry. She'll whine "NO NO NO" when you try to put her in her highchair/stroller/car seat if she doesn't want to be there... I had a flash of panic yesterday - I hope she doesn't end up being THAT girl who says no to everything! But it's a comfort to know that once she's in her highchair/stroller/car seat, she stops her whining.