Last month, I made a long list of words that Nicholas can say at 16 months. Now just 2 days short of turning 17th month old, he has impressed us with more.
mama, papa, bird, car, taxi, bus, decker, digger, bath, flower, leave, dog, cat, auntie, ah-ma, shoes, walk, hi, bye bye, bubble, water, up, thank you, star, knock knock, no, give, this way, five, where, yeah, crane, night night, moon, head, pig, truck, mine, yum, Marcus.
His first words are very different from Marcus' and I suppose it is to be expected, given that Nicholas has Marcus to look up to as well and hence tends to be influenced by his older brother. Marcus used to say new words that I said very often to him and also he was exposed to GD style flash cards, so he picked up words from there. I haven't started Nicholas on flash cards, though this is a nice reminder.
What is comforting to watch now is how Nicholas would pick up books and amuse himself in his cot, flipping pages and pointing at the pictures and words, all the time "reading" out loud. His attention span is growing significantly too. He can now browse through a few books like "My World" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" on his own at one sitting.
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