Brendan's Speech/Language

**Early Kids** · July 2nd, 2009, 01:02 PM

New things in Italics

Age: 28 months (25.5 months corrected)

Spontaneous Words:
* Car noises (brrrm)
* 'Dadadada'
* 'da-da' (like ta-ta) when waving goodbye
* 'Mumumum'
* 'ehts' (oops)
* 'nana' (banana)
* dog noise - he doesn't say anything for this, it's all in the throat, mouth closed.
* 'da' When you give him something and ask him to say 'ta' he does.
* 'docks' (socks)
* 'dar' (car)
* 'o-oh'
* 'lol-lol' (lolly)
* 'ball'
* 'guck' (truck)
* 'bots' (books)
* 'bye'

Mimic words (he understands and does mostly when you ask)
* 'bo bo' (bottle)
* 'ba' (bath)
* 'dink' (drink)

Can also Babble (but we haven’t heard these for a few months now)
* 'bubububub'
* 'nanananan'

Can Follow these Instructions:
* 'Put that in the bin' (you need to point at what it is you want in the bin)
* 'put your plate in the sink' (will also do this without command)
* 'Pick it up' (same as the bin thing, must point to what it is)
* 'Pull out the plug' (takes a lot of encouraging, but he will do it)
* 'Open/Close the door' (takes a lot of encouragement)

Actions:
* Waving
* Pointing
* Clapping
* Shakes head for 'no'
* Pointing to Body Parts (nose, mouth, ears, hair, head, tummy, belly button, eyes, bum, willy, toes and feet)

**Early Kids** · October 21st, 2009, 11:00 AM

New things in Italics

Age: 32 months (29.5 months corrected)

Spontaneous Words:
* Car noises (brrrm)
* 'Dats' (updated, no longer says 'da-da')
* 'bye' (updated, now says bye)
* 'Mumma'
* 'oops' (updated, no longer uses ehts)
* 'na-na' (banana)
* 'ta' (updated, no longer says da)
* 'docks' (socks)
* 'dar' (car)
* 'o-oh'
* 'lol-lol' (lolly)
* 'ball'
* 'guck' (truck)
* 'bubba'
* 'bots' (bottle and broken)
* 'nana' [/i]
* 'ot' (hot)
* 'bath'
* 'mooo' (cow noise)
* 'baaa' (sheep noise)
* 'Stuts' (stuck)

Sentences (two or more words put together)
* 'ta mum'
* 'bye-bye'

Mimic words(he understands and does mostly when you ask)
* 'dink' (drink)
* 'pease' (please)
He tries to mimic most words when you engage him into speaking.

Can Follow these Instructions:
* 'Put that in the bin' (you need to point at what it is you want in the bin)
* 'put your plate in the sink' (will also do this without command)
* 'Pick it up' (same as the bin thing, must point to what it is)
* 'Pull out the plug' (takes a lot of encouraging, but he will do it)
* 'Open/Close the door' (takes a lot of encouragement)
* 'Pack away' (will do with help)

Actions:
* Waving
* Pointing
* Clapping
* Shakes head for 'no'
* Pointing to Body Parts (knows most body parts now)
* Puts his finger to his lips and does 'sssss' (SHHH)

**Early Kids** · November 25th, 2009, 11:02 PM

New things in Italics

Age: 33 months (30.5 months corrected)

Spontaneous Words:
* Car noises (brrrm)
* 'Dats' (dad)
* 'bye'
* 'Mumma'
* 'oops'
* 'na-na' (banana)
* 'ta'
* 'docks' (socks)
* 'dar' (car)
* 'o-oh'
* 'lol-lol' (lolly)
* 'ball'
* 'guck' (truck)
* 'bubba'
* 'bots' (bottle and broken)
* 'nana'
* 'ot' (hot)
* 'bath'
* 'mooo' (cow noise)
* 'baaa' (sheep noise)
* 'Stuts' (stuck)
* 'boots' (from Dora the Explorer)
* 'boat' (from Dora the Explorer)
* 'bus'
* 'pease' (please)
* 'bike' (motorbike)
* 'Ayee' (Haylee)
* 'Ryan'

Sentences (two or more words put together)
* 'ta mum'
* 'bye-bye'
* 'mum dar' (mum car)

Mimic words (he understands and does mostly when you ask)
* 'Distan' (Tristan)
He attempts to say most peoples names, and knows who they are.

He tries to mimic most words when you engage him into speaking.

Can Follow these Instructions:
* 'Put that in the bin' (you need to point at what it is you want in the bin)
* 'put your plate in the sink' (will also do this without command)
* 'Pick it up' (same as the bin thing, must point to what it is)
* 'Pull out the plug' (takes a lot of encouraging, but he will do it)
* 'Open/Close the door' (takes a lot of encouragement)
* 'Pack away' (will do with help)

Actions:
* Waving
* Pointing
* Clapping
* Shakes head for 'no'
* Pointing to Body Parts (knows most body parts now)
* Puts his finger to his lips and does 'sssss' (SHHH)
* Nods head for yes