The Evolution of Speech

Sorry about the last post. I was really tired. I am not sure if I explained why…:-)

In my exhaustion, I failed to mention all of the personal growth you’ve had in the last month! Wow kiddo – you’re taking off! Your vocabulary is exploding. For the record – no matter what daddy says – your first was….drum roll please…..BALL. He’ll argue that it was Dada – which it probably was – but it wasn’t anything more than babble.

But now – my sweet babbling brook – you have about 15 good words. Let’s see if I can list them:
-ball
-wawa (water)
-baba (bottle – which you only get in the middle of the night – and that’s changing in about 2 weeks)
-Didi (Hadley)
-moo (cow)
-baa (sheep – and you say this with a little giggle to make it sound more like a sheep. It’s so cute!)
-boon (balloon – you love watching the hot air balloons fly over our house in the morning)
-moon
-mama/mommy
-dad/daddy
-Ba
-my/mine (you LOVE these!)
-poon (spoon – which is so funny because that’s exactly how your sister said it!)
-baby

You love reading. LOOOOOOOVE it. You would read constantly all the time. If anyone sits on the floor, it’s an automatic invitation for you to sit in their lap and hand them a book. Your current faves are (in no particular order):
-Belly Button Book
-I love you, Goodnight
-Eric Carle’s ABC Book
-Good Morning, Good Night
-Moo Baa La La La

And then last night, during family story time, you discovered to joy of The Adventures of Isabel. This was one of Hadley’s first favorites, and I think it will be one of yours, as well.

I would be remiss if I didn’t address the sleeping thing again. I think we may have figured out – at least a bit – what is going on. You’re a bit attached to me. So when you’re in my arms in the middle of the night, you realize that nowhere else will do. So we’ve switched it up a bit and daddy is handling a bulk of your mid-night wakings. It’s working. He can get you cuddled, cozy and back in your crib in about 15 minutes. You little bug – you love your mama.

And I…loveyoumadly.
mama