At Rudy's 18-Month checkup, the doc said he should be speaking 50 words or sounds by age 2.
So here goes...
Rudy's Word Count:
1. No
2. No way
3. Oh no (aww)
4. Yes/Yea
5. Yay
6. Hey
7. Cya
8. Hi
9. Oh - usually, "Oh!"
10. Kiss sound (mmm aaa)
11. Ouch (oww/owey)
12. Boo-Boo - as in an owey/cut/scrape/etc
13. Dada/Dad
14. Mama/Mom
15. Sissy
16. Papa
17. Gran
18. Grandma (sounds a lot like Gran to the untrained ear, but there is a slight difference)
19. Jack
20. Nolan (No-No)
21. Jenna (Nena)
22. Santa (Ho-Ho)
23. Dog (Do-Do)
24. Dog sound - Ruff (or Arf-Arf)
25. Cow sound - Moo
26. Duck sound - Aack Aack
27. Fish (shhhh)
28. Elephant sound - Mmooo
29. Monster sound - Aarrrr
30. Lion sound - Aarrr
31. Monkey sound (and motion)
32. Bug sound - Bzzz
33. Pig sound - snorts
34. Cat sound - ayyy ayyy ayyy
35. Shoes (shhh)
36. Quiet motion - shh with his index finger to his nose
37. Green (geeen)
38. Blue (Blll)
39. Orange (O-ange)
40. Red (ed)
41. Balloons (Bbbb)
42. Ball
43. Bubbles (Bbbb)
44. Hot (hhaa)
45. Cold (brrr)
46. Thirsty motion - he fake coughs
47. Ball
48. Baseball (ball-ball)
49. Night-night (ni-night)
50. Motion for stinky - Hold his nose, scrunches up his face and snorts
51. Elmo (mo-mo)
52. See - as in, "Did you see that?" "See what I have" "See what I can do"... pay attention to me!!
53. Hair bow - Bow
54. Train - Choo Choo
55. Firetruck - Dada
56. Air Plane - Aaaane
Barely!! (and I may be pushing it on a couple).... But phew!!
It's insane to me how hard it was to come up with this list and how close to 50 we actually are, as much as he communicates. And to think that some 2 year olds speak up to 300 words... who are these kids?! And what are their parents doing differently?!
So studious
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