The babies are starting to talk up a storm. This past week, it has seemed like an explosion of words has hit the nursery (okay, we don’t really have a nursery, but it sounds nice).
Veronica has long been talking up a storm, and I’m not sure I could even make a list of her words any more, she has such a nice vocabulary. But like any toddler, she hasn’t been very good at using them when she wants something. She prefers, instead, to revert to grunting and pointing. So we’ve been working hard to get her to use her words when she can say what she wants (save the grunting and pointing for things you don’t have the words for, sweetie).
And finally, she is starting to get the hang of it. On Sunday she asked “please” a couple of times when she wanted to get a toy from Ethan or that was out of reach, which is much better than the previous point and cry or squeal approach.
We’re also pushing the two-word sentences hard with Veronica. But she hasn’t been as receptive to that, but she’s starting to do it when prompted. Last night, however, as we were saying goodbye to some of our neighbors who were going in for dinner, she turned around, waved and yelled what sounded like “Bye-bye baby!” I realized, about 10 minutes later, that what she really said was, “Bye-bye Barry.”
I was very proud of her for that one — not only was she being more sociable (from our girl who tends to be a bit reluctant around non-family), but she remembered Barry’s name and used it in one of her first two-word sentences. (Barry, you apparently rate high in Roni’s world.)
Colin qualified for speech therapy when he had his annual Early Intervention assessment, but we chose to defer that because he is working on so many other things (like walking) now. We have been talking with his physical therapist about possibly cutting back to every other week this summer (because of the progress he is making), which would make it more feasible to start speech. But now … Well, let’s just say his vocabulary is starting to blossom as well.
I made a list of Collin’s words last week, and already he has added a couple more. Right now he regularly says: choo choo (for train), bottle, tweet tweet (for bird), empty, woof woof (dog), pup, yes, no, door, daddy, on, off, up, please, dude, airplane, baby, belly, hi, bye, ball, shhh, eye, hot, out … and will sometimes say hair and teeth. And last night, he said something new, which I didn’t write down. So of course, I can’t remember what it was.
Even more impressive to me, is how much both Colin and Veronica comprehend. They both are able to follow multi-step instructions (although Colin often chooses to ignore us) and their ability to problem solve is great. (Or at least it’s great when they’re not tired. They are still little peanuts after all.)
I was very proud of her for that one — not only was she being more sociable (from our girl who tends to be a bit reluctant around non-family), but she remembered Barry’s name and used it in one of her first two-word sentences. (Barry, you apparently rate high in Roni’s world.)
Colin qualified for speech therapy when he had his annual Early Intervention assessment, but we chose to defer that because he is working on so many other things (like walking) now. We have been talking with his physical therapist about possibly cutting back to every other week this summer (because of the progress he is making), which would make it more feasible to start speech. But now … Well, let’s just say his vocabulary is starting to blossom as well.
I made a list of Collin’s words last week, and already he has added a couple more. Right now he regularly says: choo choo (for train), bottle, tweet tweet (for bird), empty, woof woof (dog), pup, yes, no, door, daddy, on, off, up, please, dude, airplane, baby, belly, hi, bye, ball, shhh, eye, hot, out … and will sometimes say hair and teeth. And last night, he said something new, which I didn’t write down. So of course, I can’t remember what it was.
Even more impressive to me, is how much both Colin and Veronica comprehend. They both are able to follow multi-step instructions (although Colin often chooses to ignore us) and their ability to problem solve is great. (Or at least it’s great when they’re not tired. They are still little peanuts after all.)
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