Bea has for a while understood words.
“No” is clearly understood and used with a certain gravitas will illicit a cry and a look around the room for support to save her from her “aggressor”!
In the meantime we have decided to maintain this page of words she understands and has the ability to say.
| # | Word | Understands | Speaks | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | Oct 2012 | May 2013 | appears to have learnt to say no – coupled with a head shake! |
| 2 | splash splash | Oct 2012 | in the bath – involves two handed splashing! | |
| 3 | clap clap | Nov 2012 | starts smiling and clapping hoping everyone else to copy her | |
| 4 | Come on | Dec 2012 | as in – "come on I'll pick you up" | |
| 5 | Ta | Feb 2013 | Feb 2013 | as in thank you |
| 6 | Shut | Feb 2013 | as in "shut the door" when Mummy or Daddy have forgotten to shut a door that will allow Bea's escape we can ask her to shut it for us and she complies! | |
| 7 | Do you want to get down? | Feb 2013 | High chair | |
| 8 | Do you want a biscuit? | Feb 2013 | ||
| 9 | Juice | Feb 2013 | May 2013 | as in water |
| 10 | Nana | Feb 2013 | Mar 2013 | as in banana. wants more banana at tea time she nows asks for it along with a good point. |
| 11 | Star "Sta" | Jan 2013 | Feb 2013 | bath time foam toy |
| 12 | Hello | Nov 2012 | waves quite regally | |
| 13 | Bye Bye | Nov 2012 | Apr 2013 | waves regally and more readily than hello; was say dada eventually working to saying bye bye at end April 2013. |
| 14 | uh-oh | Feb 2013 | not sure if she understands – but says it well | |
| 15 | nose | Feb 2013 | points to her nose | |
| 16 | head | Feb 2013 | one or both hands on head | |
| 17 | ear | Feb 2013 | pulls an ear | |
| 18 | ahhh | Feb 2013 | Feb 2013 | cuddles cuddly rabbit and says ahhh |
| 19 | Peppa | Apr 2013 | Apr 2013 | Peppa Pig cartoon on TV is a favourite which she is now able to say! |
| 20 | Night Night | Apr 2013 | Apr 2013 | surprised us when she waved Daddy goodnight and said "nigh nigh". |
| 21 | pear | May 2013 | May 2013 | lunch time needs! |
| 22 | gone | Apr 2013 | May 2013 | as in all the lunch as gone – "all gone" |
| 23 | mouth | Apr 2013 | ||
| 24 | tummy | Apr 2013 | ||
| 25 | give me five | May 2013 | as in high five and recently tens as well! | |
| 26 | can I have a cuddle? | May 2013 | gives you a cuddle and says ahhhhh | |
| 27 | can I have a kiss? | May 2013 | opens her mouth as wide as possible and comes at you!!! | |
| 28 | where's [person] | May 2013 | trots of and finds said person! | |
| 29 | book | May 2013 | new book shelf has developed a love of books and understands lots of sentences with book in. | |
| 30 | jump | May 2013 | tries to jump on the spot – hasn't quite sussed jumping physically yet! | |
| 31 | shut the door | May 2013 | goes and shuts the door – often a door left ajar that would allow her escape! | |
| 32 | put your [clothe item] in wash bin | May 2013 | wanders off and finds clothes bin and inserts said article of clothing! | |
| 33 | put [rubbish] in bin | May 2013 | whilst she hasn't worked out how to open the pedal bin she goes to it with item and tries to open lid with fingers – loves to close the lid too! | |
| 34 | hands | Jun 2013 | Jun 2013 | when cleaning after a meal she understands and just started saying han[d]! |
| 35 | bye bye mummy | Jun 2013 | Jun 2013 | was surprised to hear Bea put two words together cleanly and clearly including waving at Mummy too! |
| 36 | sheep | Jun 2013 | Jun 2013 | if you ask her what noise it makes she says BAAAA |
| 37 | duck | Jun 2013 | Jun 2013 | if you ask her what noise it makes she makes a quack quack noise! |
| 38 | cow | Jun 2013 | Jun 2013 | if you ask her what noise it makes she says MMMMMOOO |
| 39 | shark | Jun 2013 | if you ask her what noise it makes she gnashes her teeth together! |