Ever since walking solidified around here, our children have been TALKING!!! I love that they have different voice qualities… Rissa uses lots of intonation and pitch changes and sounds extremely expressive. Zach uses lots of deep, throaty noises during his words and growls some of them. They use different volumes too… Rissa used to have 2 volumes — one and eleven — and she flipped back and forth. Now she consistently uses a middle ground volume and gets louder when she is mad. Zach used to have only 1 volume — he whispered almost everything. Now he is a bit louder and gets extremely loud when he is excited.
It’s Monday and you might need a distraction. I wonder if you can decipher the vocabulary of our 18 month olds in the matching game below. It’s even cuter to hear them say it in their beautiful voices, but you’ll have to picture that part in your head.
Zach and Rissa…………………….Standard English
1. uh wah!…………………………..A. Mommy
2. ooo nuuu!……………………….B. what’s that?
3. bee-ah……………………………C. moo (cow sound)
4. bee bee…………………………..D. oh wow!
5. dole disss………………………..E. hi!
6. dape………………………………F. Daddy
7. zeez………………………………G. moon!
8. ease………………………………H. neigh (horse sound)
9. leez……………………………….I. oh no!
10. bah bo…………………………J. Hooch
11. BAHHHH!……………………..K. goldfish
12. da dat?…………………………L. bubble
13. Da Da…………………………..M. no
14. DAHHHH!…………………….N. bear
15. Oooots…………………………O. Zach
16. Ma Ma………………………….P. baby
17. Wiss ah………………………..Q. ball!
18. Sat………………………………R. grape
19. aiiii!…………………………….S. peas
20. eh pah…………………………T. Rissa
21. uh pah…………………………U. dog!
22. one-tssssssss………………..V. baa (sheep sound)
23. yessss…………………………W. lunch
24. nuuuu…………………………X. up
25. MOOOO!………………………Y. cheese
26. moooo…………………………Z. help
27. ba-ah-ah……………………..AA. yes
28. nayyyyy………………………BB. please
How did you do? Cheat sheet below.