Parker's Words

Parker learning to talk is the best thing that has ever happened to him, particularly when he learned to say "yes."  I feel like his tantrums are minimal these days because he's able to communicate better.  Before, he loved to say "no!" and would say it even when he meant yes, which was a real headache come mealtime.

"Are you hungry?"
 "No!"
"Do you want a banana?"
"No!"
"Do you want some yogurt?"
"No!"
"Do you want a sandwich?"
"No!"
"Do you want a cookie?"
"No!"

"Do you want to go to Disneyland?"
"No!"

And then if we tried to feed him anything he'd throw a fit because, hello, he'd already made his point very clear.  Why weren't we listening to him?!  After his tantrum he'd then be ready to chow down.  Anyway, it was quite exhausting and in hind sight we probably should not have asked for his opinion when choosing what to feed him.

I feel like he's learning words so quickly now.  There have been several times when he says a word that I don't understand and Paul will have to translate and inform me that he learned that word a couple hours ago and I'm sooo behind the times.

I started making a list today of the words that Parker knows.  I've probably forgotten some, but here's a pretty good sampling:

Car, keys, go, hold on, come on, walk, fast, wet, rain, slide, grass, bye bye, hi, hello, work, dada, mama, dad, mom, mine, my, friend, church, Jesus, amen, shoes, socks, jacket, dark, light, on, off, yes, no, nope, peanut butter, pancakes, cereal, cheese, banana, apple, beans, cookie, water, milk, bowl, fork, Elmo, read, George, Word World, ball, basketball, football, baseball, blocks, bird, owl, pig, dog, duck, frog, lion, honk, beep beep, book, nigh nigh, sun, nose, Kleenex, grandpa, eyes, crash, hot, cold, brrrr, warm, hat, trash, back, away, home, song, Parker, fish, hey, yay, cool, what's that, who's that, where'd it go, poo poo, pee pee, bum bum, hurt, yeah, ouch, picture, hair, push, up, hug, bubbles, please, spin, baby, bag, race, buckle, chair, stuck, all done, all gone, broke.

It's really cute how he pronounces some of these.  For example, pancakes is "bee keys," water is "warr," fish is "woosh," and friend is "wenn."  It's fun to look at this list and see how completely it encompasses his world.