Thursday, January 20, 2011

So what words can an 18 month baby say?

At Evan's 18 month checkup today, one of the questions on the checklist was how many words is your child saying? James and I had to pause and think since we haven't actually counted. Our guess-timate was 20. As a follow up exercise, I decided to list the words out since this is excellent blog material.

Many of the words that Evan says have multiple meanings, making it a challenge to understand him sometimes:

Mama - 1. mommy 2. more more
Dada - 1. daddy 2. 灯灯 (light)
Gege - 哥哥 (older brother)
Meimei - 妹妹 (little sister)
Hi - hi
Daidai - bye-bye
Dudu - 1. poopoo 2. 肚肚 (tummy)
WaWa - 1. 袜袜 (socks) 2. 文文 (Evan) 3. Vavo (portugese for grandma)
YeYa - 月亮 (moon)
Yinyin - 星星 (star)
Nana - 1. 奶 (milk) 2. Banana
Dado - Ding-dong (door bell)
Yee - 听 (listen)
Jiji - 飞机 (plane)
Go - cold
Ga - All gone / all done
Yao - 要 (yes)
Uh-oh (whenever something drops on the floor)

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