Now that Aaron has turned 20 months old (a milestone, I know), he has picked up a lot of words, like truck, horse and choo-choo (see list below, over 60 words!) But his favorite word is "dis" accompanied by empathic pointing towards something (see video). This action is followed by a look of expectation as he waits for ma-ma or da-da to go retrieve this item. As we try to decipher which of the myriad of objects in that direction he is referring to, the look quickly turns to impatience and then insistence, and typically ends with severe whining or possibly crying if he is pointing to something that he cannot have, like the iPad.
It has been fun to see him pick up words, but I am amazed at his grasp of "this". Somewhere along the way, he picked up that "this" refers to anything, that it is a non-specific descriptor (which he uses to his full advantage). There is probably some child development psychology reasoning behind this, but for me, it reveals the amazing capacity our brains have to learn and develop. Cheers, Steve
Some of the words Aaron knows: truck, horse, choo-choo, one - ten, drink, dog, door, gate, car, bird (his first word), hi, bye, please, ma-ma, da-da, Jo-Jo, Louise, Joshie, pool, ta, rice, meat, milk, nose, eyes, mouth, ears, hair, head, bull, spanspek, flea, hat, boot, peas, fish, blocks, pawpaw, dip, poo, wee, dance, books, stairs, toes, feet, bite, big, tall, small, spot, dash, this, what, bowl, plate, fork, spoon, knife, teeth, yes, no and more everyday.
btw, this is my first blog post from my iPad, using the Blogsy app
