Delaney Alina is twenty months old!
Delaney is talking a lot, but a moderate percentage of what she says sounds just like other things she says - but she knows exactly what she means! For example, the three syllables "jeh jeh dale" doesn't sound very different when it's used for Veggietales, Paw Patrol, and diaper change, and "wuh wuh why" is SuperWhy and butterfly. "Zoo zah" is fruit snacks and sucker (pacifier). It helps if she's pointing to what she's talking about because she gets pretty unhappy if you can't verify what she's saying (so don't just say, uh huh; it does not work. She wants you to confirm what she's saying!)
She has started stringing two words together: "bye daddy!" "no diaper change" "please mama." She is also associating sounds and actions with their objects: she said, "chuh chuh doo doo" for a train sound, and says, "pop pop!" when she sees bubbles, and saying "weeee" on a slide.
She still generalizes: all juice is apple juice, all round fruit is an apple, and santa and snowmen are both "ho ho ho."
She calls Elsa and Anna by name, but calls the movie "deh deh go" (Let it go). She likes to sing Let it go, Jingle bells, and "Boop der ris" (Whoop there it is; thank you, Geico commercial!)
About 3 weeks ago, we turned on a Veggietales episode and then turned it off before it was done. She said: jeh jeh dale all gone! (Veggietales all gone) and has repeated that about 10 times a day ever since. This reminds us of when Emery was a little bigger and continued to be upset about the Christmas tree being all gone for weeks after it had been taken down!
Delaney knows a few shapes: star, heart, moon, and a few colors: orange, purple, and blue (though she uses that for more than just blue, but usually gets actual blue correct). She has picked up the number 1 and knows 0-9, but not in order.
Delaney loves baths and will talk about it before, during, and after and dart for the bathroom if she hears the water running. She loves to take her clothes off and say: I nude!
She is sleeping well most nights, but if she wakes up, Blake or I will go in and hold her for a little while. I will ask "are you ready to go to your bed?" and sometimes she'll answer yes, but other times, she'll say: "no, need mama." And so we'll cuddle a little longer.
She has learned how to climb the steps on our little toddler slide in the basement and can get her feet under her to slide down. This is a milestone, not having to worry (as much!) about her sliding sideways or getting tangled up. She's getting better going up and down the regular stairs (with someone close) and is seemingly more aware that she can't step forward down the stairs!
This girl is learning so much! She's a delight!
