Tuesday, August 12, 2008

15 Months Today: A Rundown on Aria-Speak

Just a brief rundown on Aria's vocabulary thus far (for those interested).

Note: Though Aria is saying and understands all of the following words, pronunciation is still in development and understanding may be limited to mom and dad in some cases. She still often leaves the end/beginning off her words...Just this week "all duh" became "all done."

WORDS
Hi
Bye-Bye
Uh-Oh
I Don't Know
Turtle
Dog
Bird
Milk
More
All Done
Bath
Bed
Night-Night
Paci[fier]
Ball
Bubble
Book
Banana (or na-na!!! in a throaty-growly voice)
Cheese
Pizza
Cracker
Water (or wa-wa)
Paper
Hat
Door
Shut
O (as in the cereal)
Mama
Dada
Grandma
Aria (Ayia)
Elmo (her favorite!)
Big Bird
Nose
Toe
Eye
Arm
Belly Button
Mouth

...oh, and of course...NO!

SIGNS
Hi
Bye-Bye
Dog
Kitty
Bird
Milk
More
All Done
Bath
Change (as in diaper)
Bed/Sleepy
Eat/Hungry
Hat
Dance
Grandma

Our girl also makes various animal noises, such as roaring like a lion and mooing like a cow, and can point to and identify lots of body parts (eye, ear, nose, mouth, belly button, toes, feet). Most of all, though, she loves to sing and dance, stopping whatever she is doing when a favorite song (she does have discriminating taste, even at 15 months, and seems to prefer songs with distinctive notes and rhythms) comes on to bounce and move and sing along.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How sweet is that?! She is growing up so fast!!! We are going to have to have a visit somehow and get Kiki on that list. :)

I can't wait to see her dance and hear her say "nana" in the growly voice!