Ian's Words

Recently, Ian has been getting better and better with his words. Learning new ones, saying known ones better, associating certain words with certain objects, etc. For instance, he says 'please' and 'thank you' so much now that he rarely needs to get reminded / asked to say those words. He knows his manners. :) (mostly haha). He doesn't say sentences very often, but he has said one or two. His first one was the weekend before his 2nd birthday, telling the dogs to leave him alone while he was eating... saying 'dog dog bye.' He has also learned how to say 'I see you.' Don't ask me how he learned that, I didn't teach him the phrase! :P
I can't remember when, but he learned how to say 'bless you' just by hearing it and repeating it. But, when he did learn that word, it's like the phrase 'excuse you' became obsolete. He says 'bless you' for every noise now, whether it is a burp, toot, sneeze, cough, grunt, you name it, lol. It is so cute when he says it, though. :)
Some words, he skips the middle letters entirely. 'Doggy' is 'do--y,' 'kitty' is 'ki--y' and so on... 'da--y,' 'mo--y,' and 'char-ie.' You can hear the 'R' in 'Charlie,' but the way he says it is kinda like the British way to say the name... not as much emphasis on the 'R.' When he says 'kitty,' for some reason he starts off with a German gutteral sound. I don't know why, and he won't stop, that's just his way of saying the word!
He also has the occasional replacement word for something. 'Juice' has been his long-time word for anything drink-related... Water, juice, milk, and for his sippy cup as well. Yesterday, he decided to revert back to the learning-to-speak two syllable words (FOR EXAMPLE- ba-ba, da-da, etc...) when he said water.... 'wa-wa.' Now, I am not saying at all that he has gone backwards or regressed. I found it odd that he would call water 'wa-was' when he has been so good at calling things by their proper name. Even though a couple words are missing the middle letters, such as 'doggy' and 'kitty' as mentioned above, he still calls them by their proper name. So, hearing him say 'wa-wa' came as a surprise to me. I was like 'You can't just say 'water?'' Lol. Another replacement word he has started saying is pretty funny. He calls his pants 'butts.' If he wants them on or off, he'll say 'butts.' Pretty cute. :)
Other words he learned on his own. Not to long ago, he's said 'arm,' 'toes,' and 'belly.' He points to each one correctly, about 90% of the time. 'On' and 'off' are also new ones. 'Light' is more recent, pointing at lights, the switched, and even the smoke detector and saying that word. He did point to the bathroom light switch this morning saying 'on' when I didn't turn it on. :P He says 'pee' and 'poo' and sits on his potty chair, but then doesn't actually do anything... hmmm. Lol.
Two new words that he just said today, again with no teaching, just repeating, are 'seat' and 'house.' He had gone to his high chair this morning as I was getting breakfast ready saying 'seat,' and again when pointing at the couch. He says 'house' so cutely, I have to video tape it. :)
He says 'bye' every night when he goes of to bed. :)
Percy is his favorite train from Thomas & Friends. Every train is Percy. He asks for Percy in the morning, or whenever, and if I don't feel like putting Thomas on, I'll say 'no Percy.' He'll repeat it, arms upon the air and shaking back and forth, in an asking / demanding tone of voice.... 'no Percy?!' haha. That can escalade into a screaming fit if I continue saying 'no Percy' after him, though.
He does like to say 'no...' and then something. Like 'no food' when he's not hungry, 'no bye' when he doesn't want to go to bed, 'no up' when he doesn't want a hug, 'no kiss' when he doesn't want to give you a kiss, and more.
Like I said, he's getting much better at his words. :)
Hope you enjoyed reading about his progress! I'm sure that there are more words that he's learned and I'm missing on here, but oh well! Until next time!