Each day is a new day and each new day is a better one :-) happy to share my daughter's expanding vocab :-)
It's easier now to take care of her because she can already verbalize most of what she wants and needs.Not much guessing game for us :-)
We don't baby talk her. These are her newest words in addition to what I have already shared a couple of months back ;)
Bo -- ball, if she bounces her head while saying "Bo" she's telling us that she wants to be bounced on our gym ball :-)
Mi-mi -excuse me
Me me - sleep
Up - carry
Pi -pi - piggy back ride with papa or mama
Dora - Dora
Elmo - Elmo
Dede - she wants to be latched
Borrow - borrow
Yo-yo - thank you
Tita- tita
Tito-tito
Of course there are a lot of instances that she still can't verbalize it but I get what she wants or what she is trying to say.
There were two instances that I got really surprised because I was just testing waters to see if she can understand things already. One, when I asked her to sleep already or else I will put her in their room. She immediately put her head on my shoulder and tried to put herself to sleep while hugging me. She did it twice, consistently the day I told her that. So now when we are so sleepy and she's still not up for it, we say that and it works :-)
Second one, was just last Monday. We were at my Aunt's house. She was a bit clingy after eating. I told her for the first time: "What do you want? Do you want water? Go down and get your water bottle in the baby bag." I was testing waters again to see if she can comprehend things already. Guess what she did after I put her on the floor, yes, she slowly walked to where the baby bag was and attempted to get the water bottle from the side pocket! I was just amazed! So were my two cousins who witnessed everything from the start! So she does understand things! Yehey! :-) I had to help her though in pulling the water bottle out but after she drank, she put the lid back in and attempted to pack away the bottle :-)
I am just one proud mama, happy to witness all these developmental milestones and amazed that she is so quick in learning new things considering she is only 13 months old! :-)
Thank you Lord, these things affirm my sacrifices are all worth it :-)
