A Different Point of View in Every Speech I Make

Gracie is still finding her voice and is making a wide variety of sounds. Everything is called 'gar' at the moment for some reason. We are trying to resist the temptation to interpret for her straight away and get what she wants and are trying instead to emphasize what things are called and encourage her speech as much as possible. Needless to say she thinks we are very silly people indeed and cannot understand why we don't just give her the thing she is waving and shouting about!

Anytime That You Like

Today Olivia was chatting with Grandma and suddenly, slightly from left field, revealed 'I like socks'. She then went on to spend the rest of the day telling us things she likes... (in no particular order)

I like socks
I like Ladybirds
I like peas
I like swim pool
I like park
I like dolphins
I like Daddy
I like lions
I like babies
I like baby Grace
I like Mummy
I like Mr Tumble (from the kids TV show 'Something Special' - Olivia's favourite)
I like Justin ( also from 'Something Special')
I like fingers (fish fingers - Olivia's all time favourite food)
I like apple juice
I like cheese
I like snails
I like Grandma
I like C & H (her cousins)
I like Auntie C
I like Ballamory
I like tigers
I like nappies
I like bananas

Especially True

Olivia was watching TV with Grandma this morning. 'Oh look - a monkey!' said Grandma. Olivia looked at her like she was some sort of mad person, a look that said, 'Are you stupid or something?' and with a stern voice she piped up, 'No Grandma, it's gorilla.' That told Grandma!

Learning From My Own Words

Olivia is obviously having a language development week. Since last weekend she has said the following for the first time:

boy (she went to visit a friend of my Mum and walked straight in, went straight up to her son and said 'boy')
please (this one is a bit hit and miss at the moment and she only says it when she feels like it)
cake (she got this from the plastic play food as Mummy is far too puritanical to let her have much cake!)


bowl
spoon
These two stem from the fact that she is currently obsessed with cereal and would have nothing but breakfast all day if you let her. She gets a bowl and the cereal out of the cupboards but cannot reach to get a spoon from the drawer.

She has also learned the word 'no', which she uses A LOT but doesn't really seem to entirely get the hang of as, like she does with 'yes' she answers questions fairly randomly based on how she feels. We are amazed it has taken her so long to learn this word, considering how often she hears it :)

She has also learned 'bye' which she uses with gusto, shouting 'bye' at you at the top of her voice even if you are just going to the other side of the room to get something!

What she really needs to learn now is 'cup' because at the moment she just starts shouting 'uh, uh,uh,uh' until you give her a drink!