Day: September 10, 2006

Leilani has been talking up a storm in these past few days. Most words are not yet recognisable, but she understands a lot. She can purr like a cat, pant like a dog, makes car (and tricycle) sounds, if I ask about the sheep she goes Baeaeae, and the newest addition is -Maehaehae – the goat. Mama and Dada have been used more and more correctly, and puffs, her favorite food, puffed kamut and rice, she has used understandably for at least 10 days. She often repeats words that I or Andy say – Duckie (the name of her little duck puppet), beach, ball, and of course Milch (milk in German). Unfortunatelly the sounds are not clear – she can’t do u or s at all, and the o sounds more like a – ch, k and g are indistinguable, as are p and b, d and t (well, I am not a prime example of doing these right either…) and if 2 consonants follow each other… Oh, and she babbles, practices sounds (and sign language) without meaning anything in particular… and we don’t know if it is English or German… Anyway…. Today in the evening she sat next to me, going “mig mich mik…” I more or less ignored her, sitting at the computer, thinking she was talking to her toys. Until she pulled herself up on my chair, looked at me and said: “Mama! Milch” – she really wanted milk too! I’d vote that as an official first sentence!