Stella's first utterances

Stella Dare, I found your list of first words tonight, so I'll start with you.

Around October of 1993 you were a year and a half old. You could say:

Bubble, Bah, Duck, dog, 'tat' for 'cat', dada, papa, bowl, Mimi, wa-wa, 'boon' for 'moon'. By the end of November 1993 you could say: 'bup' for 'burp, bag, 'dot dog' for 'hot dog', 'bommy' for 'barney', 'pi' for 'pig', 'dock' for 'sock', 'didi' for 'sissy'. On December 1993 you were jumping up and down on the bed and I was holding to your shirt for safety, you told me, 'dop mama.....dada' Once you called your mama 'didi' by mistake (sister). Around this time you saw fried chicken gizzards for the first time and called them 'doo doo'. It was January 1994 when words started coming out two at a time.....'mama bubble', 'daddy up' (pick me up), 'up didi up' (sarah pick me up!), mine (not Sarah's), Hi daddy, Hi didi, 'stop don't' (don't cry Sarah), Bye duck, 'didi buh' (sister's bus), off (mittens off), doo doo pot (potty), night night didi, 'rain' (in shower).

In February 1994: Eat pig, like like no like (tangerine), rain peas rain (please turn on the shower), bonnie bed (barney?), 'tote off' (coat off), 'mon sissy' (come on sis), 'ting' (string), 'mouf look' (look a mouse), 'nap peas' (napkin please), 'mama dipe' (mama diaper--kotex), 'mama butt mouse' (mama your barrette looks like a mouse), 'didi dool buh' (sister's school bus), 'burn hiney' (commenting on Jack be Nimble), 'tolor' (color). In March of 1994 you could say: look Barney shoes, 'mou didi dot' (sister's got a mouse), party hat on, Peas read dis, I want bobbie (bottle?), 'what?' (when we called her), dool buh tum back home, back home noon, take me mimi house (to grandpa), mama pank me, ki didi hiney, mon didi-law house ( come on sissy to grandma laura's house), wet heavy white one (pigeon).

In April of '94 you could say: do it tef ( I can do it myself ), daddy lightbulb gone, please comb my hair didi, no-baby (her answer to 'you're a big girl like didi), grandpa be here take me mimi house, (cow killer) bite me go hosp doc), didi bus my tee.

May and June: what animal got those ducks? (had heard us talking about a bush hog mishap), like daddy did (clean my nose), he might bite me (dog- Tumpy), mad you mama, I like it ---good!(weiner), big girl--me big girl, uh huh dats right daddy (we are putting the pegs in a board), I love barney, I love my budduh (brother), Me hae booboo on my leg, put right dare daddy, Tim got me pink pool take mimi house, I feel better now, And you can sing Twinkle Twinkle and the Barney Song.

In July of 94 you can say... I don't want it (meat), I ate my tereal bowl all gone, cowboy daddy, I love my dara (with a big hug).

Stella, the last date on your word list is 8/20/94.... moon not here anymore--get up. Let me see outside, dawn (gone) working outside.

It sure was fun watching and listening to you learn to talk. I love you!!!