Mikaela's Path: Halloween

Our first full day home was Halloween. Juliana was Belle - and a beautiful one! Mikaela was a Tootsie Roll.

The doorbell rang, the dog barked, Mikaela slept.

Expressive Words or Approximations

7/30/10 - Mikaela chatters up a storm! She loves to vocalize and express herself. We are working on pronouns like me, you, mine, yours, etc. Her speech is really coming along! I would guess an outsider with experience talking to 2-3 year olds would probably understand 60% or more of what Mikaela says. We are still working of F, G and K sounds. Her sentences are about 5-7 words in length.
This list is huge now! Well over 75!! She is adding new approximations every day!
ama or ana - Juliana
Ah Ah (with sign)- Dada
Mama - clearly

Words Recognized Only Said Orally

She is almost "age appropriate" at this time (7/30/10). She gets two and sometimes three key words in a sentence. For example: May I have the bear, the fish and the monkey. She will hand them to me a high percentage of the time. Every day is a miracle!!
This list is now enormous! She can follow simple directions, understands a lot of playtime activities, and much more! I would say she's understanding what maybe a typical 18 month old or so would understand.
bath (almost - still use the sign if she doesn't seem to 'get it')
wake up
go to sleep
potty
ball
belly
shirt
fish
monkey (oo, oo, ah, ah)
bug
baby
tap, tap, tap and/or dot, dot, dot (when drumming or coloring )
all done
oink, oink (pig)
nay, nay, nay (horse)
moooo (cow)
baaaa (sheep)
take it out
put it in
socks
do nice
girl
ear
MAY 2009 (words above)
shoes
bird
mouth
nose
eyes
quack, quack (points to or gets a duck)
outside
home
Mikaela
Justin
Juliana
hat
light
chew, chew, chew
more
Mama
Dada
drink
eat
doggie
woof, woof
meow
up, up, up....dooooowwwwwn
flower
no
good girl
so big
peek-a-boo
yay
bye, bye
uh-oh
shake, shake, shake
ball
hop, hop, hop
Light
My 'Ah, Ah' Song

Mikaela's Path