We wanted to capture a glimpse of what Desmond is like these days so that we can remember in the years to come. He just turned 16 months old two days ago. We have noticed that he is a very shrewd observer and picks up things on his own very easily just simply from observation. He's got a lot of street smarts about him. He is
soo much fun these days that sometimes we just want to freeze time.
Developmentally speaking, the biggest thing is that he has been growing in leaps and bounds when it comes to his vocabulary and language comprehension skills. Here's a list of all of the words Desmond can say these days in the correct context...this list is by no means comprehensive, but includes words we can remember at this moment.
1. poon - spoon
2.
shooze - shoes
3. jacket
4. walk
(will say this when you are carrying him and he wants to get down and walk)5.
thit - sit
6.
mip - milk
7.
beshoo - bless you
8.
brefest - breakfast
(one morning Des came up to Mama & when Mama asked him what he wants, he raised his arms to be picked up and said "brefest")9. waffles
10. bubbles
(will say bubbles when he is going to take a bath)11. brush
(for brushing teeth or hair)12.
no - snow
13. nose
14. eyes
15.
ahrk - yuck
(he will often pick up small debris from the floor and show it to Mama and say "ahrk")16.
Des for Desmond
17. No
18.
kaa - car
19.
sockths - socks
20.
Maymo - Elmo
21.
pawdy - potty
(when Stella goes to the bathroom, he will say "pawdy")22. hi
23.
ba bye - bye bye
24. phone
25.
Bobo - Oboe
(name of a monkey on the Baby Genius DVD)26.
Baaney - Barney, the purple dinosaur
27.
dwaw - draw
(when he wants to color with crayons or draw on his magnadoodle)28.
djuice - juice
29.
mo mo - more
(accompanied by the sign language)30.
baba - baby
31. bottle
32.
baw - ball
33.
bapple or apple - apple
34.
gofish - goldfish
(refers to crackers or the real thing)
35.
nacks - snacks
36.
wacklick - chocolate
37.
wader - water
38.
bana - banana
39.
bre - bread
40.
buppoms - buttons
(refers to belly buttons or buttons on clothing; Stella said the same thing when she was little)41.
wefent - elephant
(his favorite animal by far)42.
daw - dog
43.
fooot - foot
44.
woff - off
45.
pider - spider
46.
tar - star
47. moon
48. sun
49.
beddie - birdie
50
wotion - lotion
51.
bup - burp or up
(will say this when he wants you to pick him up or he wants to get up on the couch or bed)52. down
53.
noodul - noodles
54.
fry - french fries
55.
bafwy - butterfly
54.
fawer - flower
55.
tat - hat
56.
boon - balloon
57.
puple - purple
58. Pooh - Winnie the Pooh
59.
Gover - Grover
60. mine
(he uses this a lot when he and Stella are fighting over toys)61.
paydoh - playdoh
(he is obsessed with this)62.
boos coos - Blue's Clues
63.
fowel - towel
64.
muppin - muffin
65. oval (calls circles and oval shapes oval)
66.
cheeyos - cheerios
67. poop
68.
mote - remote control
69.
bud - bed
70.
boott - book
71. ay - the letter "A"
72. two - the number "2"
And this doesn't even include all of the words he knows that he just can't say yet. He is very good at understanding what we say to him and following simple commands like "
Go get that book over there and bring it to Mama" or "
Do you want to come up here and sit on Mama's lap?"
One night back when Des was 15 months old, Mama had asked Dada to get Stella's hair brush, which Dada didn't hear but Desmond did, and upon hearing Mama's request, Des immediately went to the bathroom, got Stella's brush and brought it over to Mama. Mama was so amazed and proud of her sweet little guy who was so eager to help.
And who says boys are slow?!?!?
