Vocab

As a first time parent, I try to restrain the impluse to brag all the time about my child, realizing that other people, especially more experienced parents, are well aware of what tiny wonders children can be.

So, I will warn ahead of time that this post is explicitly meant to brag about Michael, so avert your eyes if you roll your eyes at this sort of stuff.

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Michael has been blessed to have wonderful language teachers in his early life, his aunt Amanda (sign language), and his nanny Elizabeth (Spanish), who have both imparted their particular idioms onto the tabula rasa of our child. Michael has been attentive student, and thus far accumulated a formidable reservoir of verbal expressions that communicate concisely his wants and needs. Below we have compiled a list of expressions Michael uses on a consistent basis to communicate his interior thoughts and emotions. He will be 15 months old next week.

*Note: The + sign indicates sign language.

dada mama papa (Pope) amama (amanda) t (theresa) chris stef bear baba (bottle) pan (bread) ungy (hungry) + apple nana (banana) mas (more)+ please (just +) cookie + cheese + oma (oatmeal) Bambi baby memo (Nemo)

all done + up off Bye Hi agua (water) wet (just +) hot abra (open) nose oreja/ear eyes mow (meow, for cat) mmmm (moo, for cow) uh-uh (woof-woof, for dog) fish pa (pants, puffs) no mine Elmo