5/10/2011 - Lily's Talking!

Lily is our third child and of course they are all different. I'll admit that I was starting to get a bit worried over my little Lily's lack of speech. At 16 months she said very little but a month later she is exploding with words or at least partial words. She points to the door and says "duh". She pokes you and says "poke, poke". She frantically points to her cup saying "cup, cup". She can say:

1. poke
2. "duh" for door
3. "puh puh" for potty
4. Hello
5. bye
6. Mama
7. Dada
8. Jaw (for John)
9. Juh (for Joanie)
10. daw for doll
11. baw for ball
12. ow
13. go
14. toe
15. uh oh
16. stop it

She shakes her head Yes and No and she will grab your hand and point to where she wants to go. She has a sign for nursing. In short, she is starting to communicate and she is both excited when it is successful and frustrated when it isn't. She has fewer words than my other two did at this stage but she is talking and I am relieved. Another child on the way to sassing their parents by age 10, lol.