When my little guy was a baby, we kept hearing from people, “Oh, he’s going to be an early talker, just listen to him babble!” And I proudly assumed the same until his 15-month appointment when his pediatrician asked the question that changed my mind: “How many words does he say?” “Umm…” I stammered. “Maybe [...]
Category: speech
This morning, my toddler was reading the Spanish translation of How to Catch a Star. He started moving his finger under the words and reading them out loud in “Spanish.” Unfortunately the words weren’t real Spanish words, but in his mind I’m sure it was—he even said them with a Spanish accént-o! At two years [...]
Back when my toddler had a speech delay, I hung on every sound that came out of his mouth, hoping that perhaps a word was struggling to get through. “Did you just say ‘ha’ for hat? I think you just said ‘ha’!” Now I have a new “problem”: he can’t keep his mouth shut! Everyone [...]
I can’t believe just a few months ago I was worried about LO’s speech because now I go crazy hearing the same things over and over and over. I’ve already mentioned “rain… agua goes down the pipe.” Here’s a snippet of his other mantras: “Day time lights turn on, night time lights turn off.” “How [...]
Yesterday, LO heard my aunt was telling her daughter that she and LO along with another man from the building were in the elevator. The elevator didn’t move for a few seconds, and so the man pressed the button again, and only then did it move. Later, LO would retell the story to me and [...]
LO now has about 100 words he now says on his own. It amazes me that about a month ago I was so anxious and worried about his speech delay. What a sigh of relief to hear “bus” and “cat” and “agua.” He even says “bra” (yes, bra). He can still read letters and make [...]
Here’s a complete list of all of LO’s words: Mama Dada nana (banana) babu (baby) abu (apple) nine bapa (backpack) bopbop (flipflop) uh-oh mam (mop) agua (“water” in Spanish) eight up moon uno (“one” in Spanish) dos (“two” in Spanish) zazos (glasses) in S O N on off sisos (scissors) ot (hot) nur (nurse) eyes [...]
LO has made tons of progress with words, often learning three to four words a day. He can also say a few words in Spanish: uno dos agua oso and a few words in Tagalog: unan nunal tita His newest word is “new”! Whenever we listen to music, he tends to point out when one [...]
