Ready Made Post

My lovely friend posted her aim this afternoon to list her daughter's current words and signs. I've been meaning to write a post about this, as in the couple of months since I last posted (and worried about J-cub's lack of speech), we've had an explosion of words and signs, so much so that J-cub is frequently frustrated by us as he signs clearly and fluently and we look at him blankly, before rushing to search through our signing books, flashcards and DVDs to figure out what he's saying. I've tried to keep a record of them, and have a sticky note on my desktop with them all ready and raring to be shared.

So without further ado, here is my (probably incomplete) list of J-cub's current communications.

Signs:

(grouped in tens for easy counting)

more, baby, milk, food, apple, hi/bye, Daddy, Nanna, duck, bird

rabbit, giraffe, elephant, lion, tiger, cat, crab, fish, monkey, caterpillar

ants, teddy, cuddles, ball, nappy, where, what, octopus, flower, shush

frog, banana, yoghurt, car, sheep, trousers, shoes, orange, boat, book

grapes, camera, bath, stairs, hat, bee, telephone, listen, look, no

yes, draw, dummy, bed, penguin, Hannah, rainbow, tired, clean, dirty

teeth, drink, music, enough, no/stop, guitar, snake, hungry, yummy, nappy

pain, medicine, sleep

Animal Noises:

Snake [ssssssss]

Dog [ooo ooo]

Monkey [ooo ooo eee eee]

Mouse [eee eee eee]

Cat [yow]

Lion/Tiger/Elephant/Dinosaur [loud roaring/screaming sound]

Words:

(this doesn't include words which he used well before a year old but then stopped using)

duck

Mama/Mummy/Mum/Mammy

Dada/Daddy/Dad

garden [dardeh]

this/that/down/there [all sound similar but are accompanied by a point to indicate which he means]

dirty [dirdee]

tasty [daysdee]

nice [niiiiii]

knock knock

circle

Po

Dorothy [doradee]

ta-dah!

sorry [dowee]

Pop!

boo

no

baby

hiya

toast [doas]

Bagpuss [bag-puh]

Catey [tateee!]

ho-ho-ho

snowman [do-dah]

kitty

jumper [dumper]

shoes

blue [boo]

and according to his keyworker at nursery:

Tom Bradley [one of his 'friends' who he's apparently been shouting at all day today ;)]