Language assessment
I'm making this list for my own sake, but I thought I'd put it here in case any of Edith's fans are interested.
In rough order of frequency, at thirteen months Edith
SAYS
milk
that ("dat")
uh oh
up
done ("nun")
ball
Dada
no
Bismarck ("Mah-Mar")
Mom
Piper (jealousy is a powerful motivator -ed.)
amen
bird
help
book
more
bye
eye
hot (only has one context for it, though--food on the stove)
SIGNS
milk
airplane/helicopter
tree
bird
all done
help me
pray
eat
dog
toothbrush
hot
The Itsy Bitsy spider went up the water spout DOWN came the rain and washed the spider out the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again (there is no sun this spider's life, alas -ed.)
Edith also pontificates with conviction in Vietnamese and Xhosa.
2 comments:
Wow. She's an impressive little person! I also find it hard to believe that Toby will be communicating with us in other ways than waving his arms or crying.
What is it with the popularity of the "airplane" sign, anyhow? That video made it seem like babies are natural airplane detectors.
G-Fav
They are! We also watched the videos and thought "airplane" was a superfluous sign. But recently Edith has started advising us of every plane that goes by. We never before realized how heavily trafficked the skies between Philly and Newark are. I wonder if Edith thinks the planes and helicopters are related to the birds she also loves. Maybe they're really big, loud birds...
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