Words and things
I've been trying to work out when Freyja's talking suddenly took off. I had a been a bit worried about how little she said - she seemed to use her words far less than the other babies I know. She has understood every word I say to her for quite some time (which still amazes me - I asked her to go and get me a peg yesterday as I needed one more for the washing I was hanging, and she did), but seemed to only use a few words herself and, though she used to imitate words when she was younger, would rarely repeat something that I asked her to. She also was quite sporadic with her use of Mama and Dada. But for a few weeks now she's been speaking really well - Mama and Dada are being used all the time, along with kiss, bubble, ball, bird, bee, more, shoe, ta, yes (or 'yessie' as she pronounces it!), baby, up, down, bye and a wide range of animal noises. She started saying 'Oma' while Adrian's mum was here, and though 'Grandpa' was proving a little harder to say she gave it a go. She also now repeats most things I ask her to and seems to understand that she is saying the name of something.
She's not putting words together yet, like some of the other babies are starting to, but that will come. What she does do though is sing a perfect Baa Baa Black Sheep and her child minder told me that she has never seen a baby her age climb as well as Freyja can. I am so proud!
She's not putting words together yet, like some of the other babies are starting to, but that will come. What she does do though is sing a perfect Baa Baa Black Sheep and her child minder told me that she has never seen a baby her age climb as well as Freyja can. I am so proud!
posted by solveig at
1:34 pm
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Yes, it is amazing how much they understand. I only copped on recently that Yannick knows quite a lot of words already and now I am actively trying to teach him more, for example body parts. But the only things we get to hear from him are sounds like brmm for cars and lately oo oo for whoof whoof. But he is using a lot of signing (we did sing and sign) and manages to express quite a lot that way.
Hey, I am amazed to see oma in your post, what is it German or Dutch? *nosey* :)
Sam isn't talking at all, he just grunts! He can sort of say "maaaa" when he's looking for me, and "b" sounds, but really just communicates with grunts and pointing. I'm not overly bothered about it as I think its quite funny! Also, Jacob talks so much, I'm not sure Sam could get a word in edgewise :-)
What's interesting is just how children develop differently. Jacob was an early talker and his use of language and his need to acquire more words (and comprehend their meaning) is really amazing. We're thinking of getting some of those Muzzy language DVDs - I'd love him to be bi-lingual.
As Doug says, I'd love Sam to have a first language, never mind a second ;-)
Freyja can say Helena and that is the most important thing. Don't worry about anything else. ;-)
Sylke - Adrian's grandma is German. His mother (who is half German - obviously!) has decided to be Oma to her grandchildren. So Freyja has an Oma, a Nain (my mum is Welsh) an Afi (my dad is Icelandic) and a Grandpa!
Rowan - Apparently my brother just used to point and go 'eee' until he was 2! It's been really nice the last few weeks with Freyja finally starting to repeat words back to me, but she also does a lot of pointing and grunting, which she just expects me to be able interpret.
Oh, wow, that's quite a good array of grandparent names! At least there will never be any confusion as to who you are referring to! Thanks for the explanation. :)
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