Bella's Words & Allergy Update

Singulair seems to be doing the trick as far as cutting down on congestion and her cough. She is still sneezing and itching her nose/eyes quite a bit so we'll see.

We were at playgroup on Friday and started talking about the 2 year old well-check appointments and the different milestones that 2 year olds are suppose to have met that the doctors ask about. One was that they are suppose to be able to say 20 words or more. It made me think, "Does Bella say 20 words?" I honestly didn't think so and started to worry. She is completely able to communicate anything she wants/needs and is extremely receptive to communication (i.e., we can tell her to do something and she knows what to do-whether she actually DOES it or not depends on the stubborn factor of the day). SO I decided to make a list and we keep thinking of words randomly thru the day so its definitely not complete but its a LOT more than I ever thought and definitely over 20:

*In no specific order, I have preggo brain so I wrote them down as they came to me. These are only words that other people could actually discern-they aren't perfectly clear but easy to understand. Example: "Bella" usually comes out as "Bewwa" as it does for most kids her age because the L sound just ain't happening yet:)

Mama
Daddy
Bella
baby (she is obsessed with baby animals, and also loves to take Squirt's ultrasound pic and carry it around the house saying, "Ohhh baby" and kissing it LOL)
dirty
away (her form of saying something needs to be thrown away-lil miss tidy!!!)
bye
hello
hi
cat
dog
meow
night night
juice
ow
cheerio
mine (definitely one of the most used)
no (another most used)
me
thank you
please
bank (LOOOOVES to put change in her piggy bank)
keys
Dora
Diego
go
cheese
teeth
eye
banana
Nana
Papa
bear
horse
Bob
Sponge Bob
bubble
book
milk
more
shoe
potty
stinky (she is obsessed with smelling her horribly stinky feet)
water
slide
outside
choo choo (refers to trains AND trucks as choo choos)
duck
moo
baaa (what does a sheep say? and she usually SCREAMS "BAAAAA")
boo
apple
jump
bee (every bug is a bee)
butterfly (except a butterfly!)
fry (french fry)
hat
phone
num (candy)
dance