Despite her constant babbling, Baylor is not exactly ahead of the game on talking. Learning two languages at the same time (I assume) is confusing and thus, we have a toddler who doesn't talk too much. She does, however, understand a great deal in both English and Swahili. She loves to clean and when she spills something we tell her to go to the kitchen, get a rag, and come clean it up. This she does with abandon. No milk puddles on our floor.
She loves animals and can say dog, cow, and twiga (Swahili for giraffe). She also loves to moo. Her new favorite words though, are "uh oh" and "no." I'm pretty sure I hear those words at least 50 times each a day. I suppose it shouldn't surprise me that one of Baylor's first words is "no" since she hears it so often from her parents, but still, I wouldn't mind a "yes" on occasion.
She has started calling both me and Brett "mama." I'm not sure why she does this because she can say "baba" (what Baylor calls Brett -- it's Swahili for daddy) and when I say "take this to Baba" she does. It's amusing to me; not so much for Brett.
I'm looking forward to when she starts talking more. Partly because I think Baylor will be less frustrated because she'll be able to communicate better and partly because kids say funny things and I think it will be entertaining.
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aw, it can be confusing, but if it isn't b/c the of the 2 languages just know that my brother didn't talk at all until after he was 2, and he's top 1% in the nation in his intelligence. when she does start talking it'll be funny i'm sure. annelise says some pretty funny things already, and some not so funny! just encourage her to talk to get what she wants.
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