So that's what he's talking about...

At his two year check-up, Chas and I were slightly concerned about Kian's language development. Kian said very few words and preferred to point. At the same age, Angie had a big vocabulary and was not afraid to use it. We know every child is different, but we had some slight concerns. When asked, if he spoke in sentences yet, we said know. Then we realized, "I wan" = I want. Noun verb. Maybe Mom and Dad should check their own language development.


Now, just a few months later, there is an explosion of words as Kian puts names to everything he can. Sometimes he just shakes his head after we say, "Can you say..." but he tries more and more often to say the word.

At this stage, he just says the beginning sounds rather than the full words:

Mooh = moon
Bah = barn ( I expect him to be a farmer because he is undeniably excited by the sight of a barn)
Ba-ba = bottle
Bla = Please (with the right intonation)
Mmmm-hmmm = Thank you (with the right intonation)
Mmm-mmmm = You're welcome (with the right intonation)
Houws = house (because for the past two months or so, the family excursions involve looking and looking and looking at lots of different houses)

He has mom and dad or sometimes Mama and Dada down perfectly. All little girls everywhere are "Ahngie" because he adores his big sister so very much.

He is solid on "out" "up" and "go!" Recently "MINE" said with a big smile is popular although sometimes that is a question too. He often says, "Me?" as in "who, Me?"Last night he ran back and forth between Chas and me saying, "Hi Mom!" Hi Dad!" That game gave him the giggles.

Owiv = Olive (a favorite food) One night he asked for Owiv while in the bathtub and he and Angie had the best time giggling as he and mommy went round and round thusly: "Owiv!" "No Kian, you can't have an olive in the bathtub!!!!" "Owiv!" "No Kian, you can't have an olive in the bathtub!!" and so on.

He also says "No!' like you are the silliest person he has ever seen.

Kian loves animals. He also loves things that go,but I would say that in his little heart, animals have a slight edge (although he loves to point at everything: cars, trucks, boats [vaguely confusing when they are not in the water], clouds, the moon, squirrels, barns--it is life with a toddler).

He usually refers to animals by the sounds they make:

Baa-baa = sheep
A moo = cow
Neigh-neigh = horse.

He does say duck and dog when talking about those animals.

A few weeks ago we were at Grandma Pat's house, he started saying "ccooww." It was amazing to watch his face as he concentrated on shaping every sound of that normally three letter word in his small mouth. He was so pleased to do it and took pleasure and pride in saying a new word.

So fun to watch.