Donovan's Wonder Blog

I still use a lot of sign language:

Milk, more, spider, bird, snake, fish, turtle, bunny, stars, shoes, socks, hi, bye, goodnight (wave), hurts, please, thank you, cookie, cracker, dog, sorry and more I can't remember right now.

Mom says I'm going to learn "angry", "sad", "scared" and "happy" next.

I make lots of vocal sounds that are not specifically words:

Vmmmmm (any type of vehicle)

Pssss - potty

Eeew - poop/yucky

Csh - Chocolate

"Pha" - (smack your lips open - it's a sound effect more than a vocalization - does that make sense?) Bread/Pizza/hungry

Mmmm - hungry

Pkh - (Imitating the sound of the toaster) Toast or Waffles)

Nehee - horse

Bzzz - Bee

and a nasal snort that means "pig"

I also say lots of real words and almost-words.

"Ki-ee" is kitty

"down"

"Ba" Box

"Mom"

"Dad"

"no"

"Ball" (with the proper inflection, this also means balloon)

"Ba-o" Bubbles - said in a high pitch tone

"Boo"

"Yeti"

"Dum" means Stomp

"Dju" juice/water

"Da" Dog

"ah" Yes

"dchoo" shoe

"CH" toothbrush

"baa" bath

"puh" please

"ow" - boo boo

"oh" - uh oh

"tuh" (breathy) - means anything I'm not suppose to touch - like the pellet stove or a decorative fountain.

"doh" don't

"woah" telephone

"oh" Elmo/bandaid (which has Elmo on it, of course)

I am starting to put words together. Like combining the signs "bird" and "spider" to indicate flying bugs, or saying "juice box".

When Dad and I were upstairs and Mom was downstairs the other day, I started to leave Dad, so he asked where I was going. I said, "Mom down".

I also know who stuff belongs to. I can tell Mom that the beer is Dads or tell Dad that the purse is Mom's or tell the two of them that the cat treat is for the kitty.

I can usually identify Red, blue, green and yellow pretty well.

I can also sing along with the backyardigans pretty well - and during the soccer episode I kick my soccer ball around.

I listen to commands very well. I will (most of the time) stop on command, put stuff back and close doors, etc. I can share when prompted and use please and thank-you spontaneously now.

I'm learning to use "sorry" when I hurt someone or knock their blocks over or something.

I can also retrieve things very well. I can follow prepositions to find them. "In front of you, behind you, by the chair, under the table..."

I have also been caught pretending to talk on Mom's phone with a pen in my hand poised over her date-book.

And the other day while mom was reading the mail, I surprised her by picking up all my toys and putting them away in the baskets and on the shelves.

So, yeah. There's probably more, but it's time for bed.