I was looking back through the blog and at one point I had written down a list of the words that Hannah could say at 20 months. I'm sure it wasn't all inclusive, but it was still quite a list. I would say she probably knew between 40-50 words at 20 months.
Sweet Olivia is 25 months. She can clearly say mama, dada, no and doggie (which sounds like doddie). She says papa (which sounds like baba).
She says a word that means door to her (but it sounds like du).
The words she can say that only I know are:
Drink (which sounds like a word I don't know how to spell)
Please, juice, shoes, thank you, Jesus, and this all sound like "jish".
That's about it. So three clear words. Three semi clear words. And five gibberish words that only her mama knows.
We had the initial intake appt last week and next week we have our inital eval. I am open to whatever the speech therapist says, but I really am hoping she agrees that Liv needs some speech therapy. If she thinks Liv is doing fine and doesn't need help, then great. If she decides she needs seen, then great too.
I will be excited to see what happens and I will definitely be excited for Olivia to figure out how to communicate with us with words instead of signs, foot stomping, pointing and crying.
Let me be clear though. She knows how to communicate. It's rather fascinating during our day to day activities to see her get her point across. She knows what she wants and she can get it. I just hope it's by talking soon.
Something else weird. I am two for two in kids needing theraputic intervention. Hannah needed physical therapy, Olivia needs (hopefully) speech therapy. Is it me? (kidding)
Olivia is really cute though. And an absolute stitch when she dances.
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My Son is 3 and does not use many words yet, although he knows them; if that makes any sense. He lets sentances and phrases slip sometimes. I was going to do therapy but he is so advanced in everythign else that I think I am going to give him a little more time. They say that sometimes the second child speaks later too...my son is a very good communicator without words...hopefully the words come out more soon. :) Wishing you luck!
"First 100 Words" was my favorite book that our speech therapist brought with her to use with Hannah. We liked it so much we purchased it and 3 more books in that series. http://books.google.com/books/about/First_100_Words.html?id=OlWI4hifVeEC
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