Lost In Translation

Long time no blog! I think it's safe to say that, particularly since Brett started walking around mid-April, things have gone quickly from baby-hood to toddler-hood around here...and it's happening so fast! When did we acquire this walking talking little wonder?? Brett started to become a little extra chattier after he got tubes in his ears in May (he had had 6 ear infections in 10 months, the first one when he was less than 5 months old-absolutely no problems now!), but now things are actually starting to make sense. I love listening to him "talk". It's crazy how, in just the past couple weeks, he's picked up a few more words all of a sudden. I know he also understands a lot more than he can say or express too. He's a little sponge. And, of course, we think he's the smartest thing ever!! There are a few things he's been saying for several months like mama, dada, bah (ball - has now become "bot" for some reason), ba-ba (usually something to drink) and he's been doing a signal for "all done" for a while now, and in the past couple months he's been doing the signal for "milk" and "more". So, for anyone interested, here is a sampling from some of sweet boy's ever expanding vocabulary with translations where necessary. :)
"Bite"
"Moe" or "muh" - more. Sweet thing loves his bites.
"shoosh" - shoes. Loves shoes. His shoes, our shoes, one shoe; doesn't matter.
"Ot" - hot
"bye-bye"
"Peese" - please. sometimes does hand signal for this one too. Has to REALLY want something to say this.
"MAOW!!" - meow. he says this just as excitedly as it looks.
"kkkkk" - kitty
"Buppy" - puppy/Buster
"Boo" - Peekaboo
"up" - ...sometimes sprays the p sound.
"waa waa" - quack quack
"mehmoe" - Elmo. He's just recently started noticing/being somewhat interested in some things on tv. Yo Gabba Gabba, Looney Toons, and the Garfield show also catch his attention now and then. Sometimes also uses "mehmoe" to refer to Gymbo the clown at Gymboree.
"Out" - Ouch.
"cheesh" - cheese or keys; again, pretty similar. The kid loves cheese.
"tcheetch" - teeth. He says this when he takes a bath since we brush his teeth in the bath.
"da-doo" - ???? We have no clue what this is yet. still trying to figure this one out, but he's said it several times
"La-Low" - Jello
"beebee" - binky
"baby"
"djootch" - juice
"nuh" - no. Generally accompanied by a shake of the head.
"psew" - pew/yucky - has just begun to connect this "word" to all diapers and trash cans.
"uh-oh" - nothing to explain here! probably the most used word at our house right now. That and "moe".


Around all the learning to talk, our little funny guy is also pretty good at tickling our feet, giving zerberts, throwing the bot for buppy, giving hugs and kisses, and cracking us up. It's awesome that he's starting so be able to communicate now. Many things are still a guessing game, but....So cool.

(psew) ("Mehmoe, anyone?")