They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, right? Well, apparently this little piece of wisdom is holding true for Mary Ellen.
Legend has it that Brian was speaking in full phrases at 11 months. Apparently, his first words were, "Cow says Moo." The kid was a genius.
Well, I'll admit that Mary Ellen isn't quite that advanced, but she definitely has a little collection of words that are all her own. A few weeks ago, I heard her say, clear as a bell, "All done." She'd been working on that one for awhile, but on that particular day, she finally managed to squeeze the necessary consonants in there to make the words sound like actual words.
At this point, her vocabulary includes:
dada
k (cat)
ba (ball)
dere (there)
dow doh? (where did it go?)
Now how about we start working on Mama?
Actually, Lisa, Brian's phrases were at 16 months. At one year, he was saying several unrelated words, but speaking very distinctly. So Mary Ellen still has 4 months to work on those phrases:)
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