ilane is coming around to the idea of speaking.
while she was quicker to run, climb, and jump (definitely quicker to jump) than her older sister was, she has been much slower about adding words to her vocabulary. Here are some of her words so far:
Mama or Mami (me)
Papa or Papi (ricardo)
Ka-Ka (Xaris)
--yes, this is unfortunately similar to the spanish word for poop. But we are thrilled that she is saying her sister's "name" so, no matter.
ameeeen (amen. surprisingly, she says amen like X did at that age. But, Xaris has been saying Amen properly for ilane's entire lifetime, so I find it amusing that they have similar babytalk. Aunt Karyn might like this :)
Gajah (gracias--thank you)
Peeees (please)
No (we get this a lot)
Yay
Yeah
baby (her dolls)
lella or lelella (cinderella specifically. or any of the ballet clothes, or the dress up clothes)
awa (agua--water)
numnum (eat or food)
GOL! (goal! always shouted)
mi (mine)
kacks (kaquita--the word we use for poop...meaning a poopy diaper)
Jeeek (Jake. of the Neverland Pirates variety)
Mamama (gramama)
dah dah (tayta)
boo boo (ouchie)
bapo or bobo (zapato--shoe)
bobo (baño--potty, or bath)
bobo (libro--book)
bobo (chupi--her pacifier)
bobo (pañal--diaper)
bobo (toothbrush or brush her teeth)
Iwa (i want. example: iwa jeeeek means I want to watch a Jake show, iwa numnum means I want to eat, and iwa bobo means whatever the context indicates)
There are many other things that she calls bobo that we haven't figured out yet or haven't paid attention to. Her talk includes so much "bobo" I think it's just her go-to word for sounds she hasn't mastered yet. But for the words we DO know are indicated by "bobo", she will get very frustrated if we don't respond!
