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It seems like every day Ben says something we haven't heard before... 

It seems like every day Ben says something we haven't heard before. Yesterday when mama was reading him Goodnight Gorilla he pointed out "moon". When we went for a walk yesterday evening he said "stroller". When we heard a dog barking during the walk he said "Zelda, Zelda....barking, barking." When he wanted me to fix/give him his blanket he said "blanket." Today he said "vacuum" when he wanted Daddy to run the vacuum cleaner in the playroom (Ben has a love/hate relationship with the vacuum cleaner--he is fascinated by it but wants you to hold him while vacuuming because the loud noise scares him a bit). We were a little thrown at first when he said vacuum. We thought he was saying bubble and this meant he wanted a bath.

baby (refers to actual babies/anyone riding in a stroller, Mama's belly, his stuffed animals/toy people)
baby sister (Mama's belly--sometimes he gives baby sister a hug)
Zelda (refers to Zelda or any animal)
Mama
Mommy
Daddy
Grandpa (middle-aged men with beards)
water (both to drink and water he just sees--Ben is FASCINATED with water-LOVES watering the tomatoes with the hose)
digger
bulldozer
lawner (lawnmower or anything with a motor, especially power tools)
that (refers to something he sees that he wants--we're trying to use fewer pronouns when talking to him because it can be frustrating to figure out what Ben means when he says this)
dip (ketchup, bbq sauce, salad dressing, salsa, humus-Ben LOVES dipping)
french fry
chicken
eggs
bagel (likes with butter and honey)
nana (banana)
chip
cracker
milk
nur (nurse)
pee-pee
poo-poo
gargie (garbage)
shoe
book (also signs for this)
put (put that away--e.g. the sprayer on the shower)
down
r'here (put that down right here OR sit down right here)
sky (airplane)
drive (doesn't say this--but made up a sign with his hands on an imaginary steering wheel)
help
no
night-night
bye-bye
gone-gone
coo-coo (thank you)
more (also signs this)
all done (mostly signs this)
pee (please--usually signs this rather than saying it)
car
book
bunny (we have both bunnies and squirrels in our yard-both bunnies to Ben)
side (outside)
side (I want to nurse on the other side)
light
slide
dink (drink-also made up a sign for this with his pointer finger in his mouth making a slurping sound)
bath
bubble (bubble bath)
vacuum
cheese
gape (grape)
cracker
doggie
moo (cow)
meow (cat)
vroom-vroom (car sound)
beep-beep (car sound) 

Posted: Wed - August 24, 2005 at 12:10 AM          

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