June 30, 2010

J - said /djuh/

DUCK

THAT

first deictic term. said first and most often at the end of a song that goes, "and that's that."

June 29, 2010

TAIL - said /tay/

points to tails on animals and says 'tay.'

June 28, 2010

EDAMAME - said /nanay/

first two-syllable word.

i

first lower-case letter.

June 27, 2010

June 26, 2010

June 25, 2010

8

FOX - said /fuh/

HIDE - said /hi/

said first when asked, "should we hide [something]?"

June 24, 2010

UP

first an adjective (describing his position), then a request (to be picked up).

L

10

MOMMY - said /mama/

had said this many times, but this was the first time it was clear he was referring to me. he said 'mama,' and we said, "where's mama?", and he pointed to me.

ELMO

said before 'mommy,' but on the same day!

June 22, 2010

PASTA

first food word.

YES

first said without a question asked. pointed to the TV and said 'YES!', clear as day, because he wanted to watch a video.

June 21, 2010

OFF

first an adjective, then a request.

June 20, 2010

5 - said /figh/

ON

said first as adjective, then request. in reference to lights.

June 19, 2010

HI

said first time looking into an opened drawer, then when we came into his room after a nap.

TRAIN - said /tay/

first about trains going by outside our apartment. then about the subway and his own toy train.

June 18, 2010

CAT

POP

first with pop-its. then over-generalizes, using every time he separates two things.

June 15, 2010

HOP

always with a 'hopping' animal, at first a rabbit.

CAP

to a bottle, then in "caps for sale" book.

SUN - said /tsun/

June 14, 2010

June 13, 2010

June 12, 2010

S

SEE IT

always in response to, "do you want to see it?"

SIT

not a request.

June 11, 2010

AGAIN - said /AAA-den/

first adverb. mainly with books. emphasis on first syllable.

3 - said /tree/

ALL DONE - said /aadone/

first adjective

June 10, 2010

C

first letter.

June 08, 2010

LIGHT - said /ite/

6

first spoken number.

June 06, 2010

HELP - said /hepp/

most often in response to, "do you need help?" first verb: coded as a verb because he's requesting an action on our part.

June 04, 2010