I recently read an article on toddlers’ verbal skills, and it included a poll on how many words readers’ children are able to say. According to the (admittedly unscientific) poll, 53% of 16-month-old girls can clearly say 1-10 words, 20% can say 11-20 words and 27% can say more than 20. One mom in the article said she sat down one day and wrote up a list of her daughters’ words – and was amazed at the results. This sounded like a good idea, so I did just that tonight – and I’ve pasted it below, for your reading pleasure.

It’s a good list, I think – though I wish I could somehow rid it of “mine!”

baby
ball
bath
beep beep
book
bye
cheese
daddy
dog
ee-i-ee-i-o (more a phrase than a word, but…)
good
hello
hi
mine
mommy (and mama)
night night
no
nose
peek-a-boo
phone
please
Pop Pop
thank you
uh-oh
yum

-M

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