Leah and Talking, other things

Leah talks...a lot. She repeats everything and doesn't forget it. Because of this she has her first swear phrase which I am trying to break her of, and not to mention myself as well, since it is my fault.

Her latest collection of phrases and short sentences are:
"I'm tired", "Come here", "Thank you for dinner", "Where is my _____?", Can I please have it?", "What is it?", "What is that?", "Why?!", "Can I go to or in ______?" and so on...too many to list. And everyday its another 4-5 things. Hard to keep track of. Her vocabulary has her doctor impressed :) She has a few spanish phrases like "Dame ahora" (Give me now), "Porque no?" (Why not?), "Te quiero" and a few others. She knows a ton of spanish words.

I am sure now that she is going to be surrounded by other children all day she will coming home with some wonderful words AND not so wonderful words.

Another thing that Leah is doing more is understanding abstract concepts.

For instance, if I tell her she can go to the pool later when Daddy comes home, she doesn't ask to go to the pool until Matt comes home. She doesn't drive me up the wall asking me every five seconds to go in the pool.

If I say to her "Leah if you clean up now, you can go sooner." She will understand and clean up. And then tell me "All done. Clean. Lets go!"

She also understands the difference between yes and no. Ask Leah if she needs something and if she does, she will say yes. If she doesn't she will say no.

She also understands some opposites, up and down, tall and short, big and small.

She also talks about her dislikes and likes. Give her something she doesn't like and she will tell you "I don't like." But if something tastes good she will say "I like, yummy."

The milestone for her age for vocabulary is can use 50 words or more. I have counted nearly 150 and still counting. Good to see she is on target.

I would say more than half of her speech is understandable to me, family and friends, and about half her speech is understandable to most other people.

She uses short sentences more often everyday. She talks about herself a lot. Today she told me that "I want curls, no pony" and "I am cute".

Oh we are creating a monster. But a lovable, wonderful monster we all love very much.

Milestone for things like naming at least one color don't usually happen until she is about 30 months old and so on. There are things I don't put pressure on her about. That is one of them. It is normal for toddlers to pick one color and stick to it. Sometimes she will point to something and say "Orange" and it is orange. If you ask her she will tell you 99.9% of the time that the thing is green.

I asked her today if she knows her friends names. And she said "Lilah."

Today she is asking Why to everything. And wondering around the synagogue like she owns the place.

She is well on her way.