The Ella Lexicon at 20 months old

Can I help you?
Originally uploaded by happykatie.

Ella now says 'real people' words, like:

         1. Shuuhs = shoes
         2. Noh noh noh = uhm, yeah... no that's SO not what we're doing right now
         3. 'nana = banana
         4. Muh (accompanied by sign language) = I want more of something that I don't quite feel like articulating, but instead prefer for you to scramble around until you figure it out at which point I might stop crying giant real tears with a disbelieving look in my eyes
         5. Mama = all dependent on the inflection:

               1. Mommy
               2. Are you seriously even thinking of walking/turning away from me even though I know you're not actually leaving the room or me, but enjoy prostrating myself on the floor and rolling around vigorously with a dramatic arm over my eyes while wailing nonetheless
               3. I'm bored and this is a really easy sound to make, so I'm going to sing it to myself in a really high pitched voice until someone asks me to use my indoor voice

         6. Baby = anything furry or very small, particularly something very small AND furry
         7. Uh... Oh = well THAT was unexpected, I imagine you'll want to rush over here immediately mother
         8. Eash = ears, which Ella can now point out.  I know, she's kind of a genius - she's practically in Med School.  However, her favorite facial feature to point out is her nose.  I believe this is for 2 reasons:

               1. Noses are fun to smoosh and pinch, both of which Ella does to her nose regularly
               2. Nose rhymes with the word 'no' and this makes the Bunn wildly happy

         9. Cook-ee = cookie or maybe an organic Fig Newman, yum

Comments

[happybuela]

Don't forget the occassional "shizzle", which is supposed to mean "I concur" ("sure") but I think in Ella's case it means, "I'm practicing "sh" and "zz" sounds, live with it."
:-)

[MishMish]

i read this before the indents and was very confused on your numbering there...now I come back and understand! LOL!

[Poli]

That was very entertaining and funny post:) Some of the words she's using are very close to their original meaning but others..:)

[DG Haldeman]

My first child....a girl was 9 months old when she said doggy...and knew what it meant because she pointed to the dog and said it. Now my other girl, who is now 8 months old hasn't said anything yet....but really likes to scream at the top of her lungs for no apparent reason....I think she likes the attention. But every baby is different, so it may be today when he utters his first work, or it may be 3 or 4 months from now.

Nice post!