I feel confident enough to say that our daughter can speak. Hazzah! 😀 I want to say her first real word (that we understood and is consistent) was clock. Yes. I know. That’s weird. But she has one above her changing table and she would look up and point to it and we’d say “clock” and she’d look at us and say “cuh?” and we’d say “clock” and so it went, and then she started to point to it on her own and say “cuh-l”. That one and cat were two that sounded very similar when she’d say it, so we were never sure if she knew the difference. But I think she does. I can’t think of how she says cat right now (or even if it sounds more like kitty since that’s what we say more often), but I think she does say either.
She also says bubble and pop; these two she learned together because James makes soap bubbles for her during bath time. And because I’m banned from bath time (there are usually tears and angry grunting involved if I’m within sight), I don’t hear her say these enough to be able to accurately convey the Evie-talk.
Another word she’s knows is yes. “Ye” she says with a little nod. And nodding and shaking her head -she’s got those down. And, amazingly, she doesn’t say no. And i don’t think that’s selective hearing on my part but, of course, I can’t be sure.
Hokey, so: I saved the best for last. She also says please. Oh my goodness. There are a million things we’ve already done wrong as parents, but here’s solid evidence that we’ve done something right. Well, i mean, at least she knows the word. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves; I’m sure she doesn’t understand the concept. But we’ll pretend she does. She still does her grunting noise when she wants something, particularly food, but we’ll say “how do you ask?” or “ask nicely” and she’ll stop and say “pea?” or “pu-lees?” as she juts out her chin and it’s so adorable.