So DS is still calling water "hot tea" and milk "hot cocoa." I think he knows what the proper names are for these items because when I say "do you want water?" He says "hot tea!." Do I need to try to force him to call it water and milk? It was cute, now it is a little annoying. And as we bring in babysitters to help, I think it gets confusing/outsiders think he really is asking for hot cocoa or hot tea.
I am not personally for forcing anything language wise at this age. I'd say it's still cute and doesn't need a correction. Just inform the babysitter.
I feel like L has finally started using more words, and mostly correctly. It really seemed to come out of nowhere. One day she just started talking.
My favorite things are that H taught her to say bye to the swing as a way to get her to leave. So now every time she hops down and waves and says "bye bye." And when she spots it, she wakes with a very enthusiastic "hi!!"
My least favorite is that she calls bananas "mena" and H reinforces it. It drives me <excuse my corny pun> bananas. I've asked him repeatedly not to use mena for banana, but he still does.
I have to remind my husband to say the right word back to her allllll the time. She calls her snack bars "bah-nuh." I always say, "you want a snack bar!" My husband says, "yeah, bah-nuh!" 😐
I know it's not Wednesday but I'm just catching up. I know it's normal for them to not finish a word, drop syllables or something like that but it's almost every word, except cheese. Haha. And the words I could clearly understand to where a stranger would know them have backtracked closer to jibberish.
I do finish the word and repeat when I understand what he says but it's that some words are getting less recognizable that has thrown me for a loop.
I know it's not Wednesday but I'm just catching up. I know it's normal for them to not finish a word, drop syllables or something like that but it's almost every word, except cheese. Haha. And the words I could clearly understand to where a stranger would know them have backtracked closer to jibberish.
I do finish the word and repeat when I understand what he says but it's that some words are getting less recognizable that has thrown me for a loop.
Same issue over here. Lots of words, but mostly just the first syllable or sound. With the exception of things like "mama" "dada" "purple" and "mermaid". Priorities.
Post by shawnabm1320 on Apr 6, 2017 21:55:00 GMT -5
I'm just seeing this. I'm glad to see that phrases sometimes come later. F had a ton of words (though I haven't counted them), and he tries to copy ours all the time now. He now knows his sisters name and tries really hard to say it (Clara is not easy for him!). But he isn't putting words together. He will say "hi kitty" and "hi Clara", but I think he's just mimicking us still.
Two cute things: H called me one night and I gave the phone to Forrest. H was talking to him, and F responds "daddy ball kitty." I'm pretty sure he was just trying to join the conversation by saying some words he knew. I thought it was cute. And H asked me a question last week to which I responded "1." Forrest was playing at my feet and immediately said "2." This is particularly amazing because I have never practiced counting with him (bad mommy) lol. Babylit counting primer book for the win!
I know it's not Wednesday but I'm just catching up. I know it's normal for them to not finish a word, drop syllables or something like that but it's almost every word, except cheese. Haha. And the words I could clearly understand to where a stranger would know them have backtracked closer to jibberish.
I do finish the word and repeat when I understand what he says but it's that some words are getting less recognizable that has thrown me for a loop.
It is the worst- cause you know they know what they're talking about and you just don't have a clue. Continue with modeling the exact word and prompt him with "Say ___" but you must over-annunciate the word endings.
I know it's not Wednesday but I'm just catching up. I know it's normal for them to not finish a word, drop syllables or something like that but it's almost every word, except cheese. Haha. And the words I could clearly understand to where a stranger would know them have backtracked closer to jibberish.
I do finish the word and repeat when I understand what he says but it's that some words are getting less recognizable that has thrown me for a loop.
Same issue over here. Lots of words, but mostly just the first syllable or sound. With the exception of things like "mama" "dada" "purple" and "mermaid". Priorities.
Do you notice that the words you listed all have a reduplicated sound? Also, all the words except for 'mermaid' have an open second syllable, but maybe J is omitting the /d/ and it sounds open as in mermay. Open syllable means that it just doesn't have a consonant at the end to close it.
Given these two clues- you are going to set J up to learn new words by creating opportunities to say other 2-syllable reduplicated words with open syllables. Here are some ideas:
puppy Peppa bubble baby boo boo cookie kitty
other words that are easier but don't have the reduplicated sound but have a similar sound:
JR says her full name now if you ask her to, which is hella cute, but she also speaks in the first person all the time! "Julia sit!" "Julia running." "Julia fall." It's the funniest thing ever. H and I hope she keeps it up.
Post by italianmommy on Apr 8, 2017 13:20:39 GMT -5
swarley, thank you!!! I didn't notice the things you mentioned. She does say "baby" "boo boo" and "bubble", along with "apple" and "cookie" and "happy"- and you're absolutely right - none of these are closed words, as you mentioned.
I'm going to work on the list of words you provided.
Besides repeating back and emphasizing the last syllable, is there anything I can do to help her close out the word? I try to really emphasize when I say things like "owLLL" or "watERRR" (just a couple examples, since she sticks with "ow" (owl) or "waa" (water)
Why are AB's only clear words all related to the potty? She loudly pronounced her need to poop today and proceeded to give a play by play. Posting all of those TMI Tuesday posts when we were pregnant broke my baby forever!!!
swarley , thank you!!! I didn't notice the things you mentioned. She does say "baby" "boo boo" and "bubble", along with "apple" and "cookie" and "happy"- and you're absolutely right - none of these are closed words, as you mentioned.
I'm going to work on the list of words you provided.
Besides repeating back and emphasizing the last syllable, is there anything I can do to help her close out the word? I try to really emphasize when I say things like "owLLL" or "watERRR" (just a couple examples, since she sticks with "ow" (owl) or "waa" (water)
Usually the hierarchy goes open syllables and then closed 1-syllable words
Try to really listen to the sounds J makes in the words that she says clearly. This is her phonetic inventory. You're going to want to model words with sounds in her inventory and put them in the final position. Usually there's an /m/ and a /p/ in the initial position of words. These sounds are easier to see being produced cause you use both of your lips (speech terminology: bilabials). This is in contrast with let's say a /k/ cause you use the back of your oral cavity and it's hard to see inside (speech terminology: velar).
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