Harry Can Say...

At 24 months, here's what Harry is up to on the language front.

Real Words (pronunciation in parentheses, if applicable):
Mama
Dada
Go
Up
Yay
Yum
Kick (Git)
Ball (Dee)
Done (Ah Da)
Night-Night (nigh-nigh)
Hi
Bye-Bye
Please (bee or ming)
Baby
Mumu (our cat's name)
Rain (reng on nang)
Cookie (diddy)
No (always said as "no-no-no")
Uh-Oh
Wee
Ahh-choo
Bow (as in cello bow)

Sounds that mean stuff:
Bleah (as in "Gross!!")
Shh (fish)
Buh-Buh (bubbles or bunny)
Brrrr (ice cream, ice, cold or outside)
Prrr (kitty)
oof-oof (doggy)
deet-deet (birdy)
dit, dit, dit (1, 2, 3, counting or numbers)
Ah-ah (monkey or apple, depending on context.)
Sllllurp-ahhh (drink)
Puh-puh (duck - This actual sound is hard to describe. It is more like he opens and closes his lips to make a slight popping sound.)
Sniffs (flower)
Bit-bit (Frog - said in a very low strained voice)
Vroom
Moo (sounds like boo)
Watermelon (Another tough one to describe. It comes out like bulbuhbulbuh, but he is wiggling his tongue back and forth 4 times.)
Banana (similar to Watermelon, but hard to describe)
Toot-toot (imitating trumpet)

Signs (real and made up):
Milk
More
Play
Water (can also mean tub)
Wash
Read/Book
Ball (signs dribbling)
Eat
TV (signs like pressing the remote)
Baseball (swings arms)
Music
Help
Writing/Drawing
Open/Close
Hot
Please
Hurt
Flower
Drums/cymbals/xylophone/piano
Cello/Bass (signs like bowing)
Bike
Hat/helmet (also can mean outside)
Cracker
Light

I know there are more. In fact, as I have typed this he has said more, including 2 new ones (frog and rain). I will add to this as I remember or as he adds to his vocabulary. All of these are on top of the jargoning and babbling that is is doing All. The. Time. So, I guess we have made progress since starting Early Intervention. He still does not imitate new sounds and still has things he has said once and then never said again.

Nathan, at 2 months, already coos conversationally, meaning if you say something, he answers back, almost imitating the pitch. Harry didn't really do that. He gurgled and giggled. I'm curious to see how Nate progresses differently from Harry. It's really fascinating to watch.