Since this blog is turning into Frances' virtual scrapbook, I thought it would be fun to document the words she's speaking to date. She tries out almost any word you ask her to, but these are the ones she pulls out of the hat herself these days...
Daily & Often Repeated:
Off!
Mommy
Daddy
Doggy
This (Dis)
That (Dat)
Toast
Toast
Hi!
Bye Bye!
Nigh Nigh (bedtime)
No!
Uh Oh
One... (starting to count, she stops at one but draws it out like she's about to keep going)
Poo poo
Pee pee
Eyes (she likes us to draw these on the chalkboard)
Home (when we walk up to - or into - the condo)
Animal Sounds (Moo, Woof, Cock-a-doodle-doo, Meow - sounds like "ow", Hoo hoo - like an owl, Neigh, Eee Eee Ooo Ooo - like a monkey, Roar - like a lion, Eeeeeee - like an elephant)
Vroom Vroom (sound a car makes)
Cheese (usually sparked by hearing the beginning of the "Cheese, Peas, Pickles and Bananas" song)
Baby
Hot
Ow (when she's hurt)
Boo boo
Mmmm (as in "yummy")
Ow (when she's hurt)
Boo boo
Mmmm (as in "yummy")
New & Noteworthy:
Colors (Blue "Boo" and Green "Geen" being favorites)
Bobbies (we're hoping this isn't boobies but we're not sure)
Free (sounds like "fee" - when we unleash the dog or she's let out of a car seat or carrier)
Uh huh (sort of a "yes")
Ding Dong (when the church bells chime across the street)
Books
Ball
Kick
Backpack
Ding Dong (when the church bells chime across the street)
Books
Ball
Kick
Backpack
She's getting better with Gram/Grandpa/Grammy/Grampy (or Poppy), but the category is a little confusing, so they all tend to sound the same unless she's repeating it immediately upon request.
Phrases:
Doggy Poo Poo (when dog is pooping)
Bye Bye, Poo Poo (when diaper changing)
Bye Bye, Pee Pee (when diaper changing)
Bye bye, Doggy Poo Poo (in the city when walking the dog, we pick up the dog poop in a little bag and throw it in the nearest garbage can)
Bye bye, Doggy Poo Poo (in the city when walking the dog, we pick up the dog poop in a little bag and throw it in the nearest garbage can)
Hi, Daddy!
Hi, Mommy!
Hi, Doggy!
Thank You (sounds like da-do)
Thank You (sounds like da-do)
Bath Boat (sounds like ba-bo - her general term for the bath, because it originally involved a baby bath tub that we referred to as her bath "boat")
Sings and/or dances along to:
"Obvious Child" by Paul Simon
"Obvious Child" by Paul Simon
"Cheese, Peas, Pickles & Bananas" by Nora O'Connor & Steve Frisbie
"Monkey Man" by Toots & The Maytals
"Peeping Tom" by Toots & The Maytals
"Three Little Fishes" by John Rauhouse & Andy Hopkins
"I Want a Dog" & "Walking my Roller Skate" - Neko Case songs on the "I Want a Dog" animated Scholastic book DVD