What Does ____ Say?

So, I was quizzing the kiddos a few days ago on the sounds different things make.  We started with animals (What does the cow say?), and then moved onto different types of vehicles (What does the train say?).  Both kiddos were having fun with this and so I kept going, until I ended up with this gem:

Me: What does Mommy say?
Little Brother shakes his finger in my face*: NO NO NO!!

*For the record, I don't remember ever shaking my finger at the kiddos, but I do tell Little Brother "no no no!".  Apparently a lot.

All the Colors of the Rainbow

The kiddo loves his colors!  He goes around signing the colors of things he notices.  And he notices a lot.  So I was beyond excited when he started SAYING the colors rather than just signing them.  In this video you'll see him sign each color, as signing is just so much easier for him than talking, but with a little encouragement you'll hear him say each color of the rainbow. The words may not sound perfect, but it's incredible progress and I'm so excited to start hearing his little voice.  :)

This is huge folks!  The kiddo wasn't even babbling last year.  In five months he's gone from making sounds, to imitating our sounds, to being able to put the sounds into some semblance of words.  I can only imagine what this kiddo will be doing in another five months!  

Animal Sounds!

I keep trying to get a video of the kiddo showing off his new words, but he's rather uncooperative when he sees the camera.  But he LOVES making the animal sounds, and he had no problem with me capturing this.  There's a few animals I forgot while recording this, such as the horse and chicken but I hope you enjoy! :)

Fish Oil Supplementation

Children taking omega-3s (from fish oil) have been reported to have an increase in speech (for children with speech delays), focus, attention, and memory.  Why? 


Click here to read the rest of the article (plus info about three other supplements I give my children that have helped with focus, speech, sleep, and behavior.) :)

Sounds into Words!

Words, glorious words!  We're hearing them!

Our awesome speech therapist encouraged us to help him combine the sounds he is able to say easily.  He is only saying two consonant sounds consistently-w and m- and occasionally b, as well as several vowel sounds.  This means, that with his list of vowel sounds he can say he has successful made the following words:

-ow  (not only for when you're hurt, but apparently it's also the sound toy cars make when they crash)

-uh (for up)

-wawa (for water)

-wa (for want)

-baba (for bye bye)  

-mama  (my all time favorite word so far!)

At first he was only saying these words when we asked him to.  But now, he is spontaneously using these words.  He has realized that he can communicate with his voice and it is a beautiful thing to see and hear.  Keep up the good work, Kiddo!