first words
Kimball's first word was "this". It was a really good first word, extremely useful. He would hold up something or pooint to something and say "This?" Then I could tell him, "This is an orange" or "This is a stick."
I don't actually know know what Bennett's first word was. There were several that he picked up around the same time. One of them was brother ("buh-buh"). When I come home Kimball likes to hide and then surprise me. He's not very good hider though. One evening he hid behind a small rocking chair. I could see him and said so. I said his name and asked him to come out. He staid where he was, so I asked his little brother to help.
"Hey, Bennett, where's your brother?"
[He pointed.]
"Where's Kiimball?"
So, Bennett wriggled down out of Lesley's lap, walked across the room, and got his brother out from behind the chair.
There were lots of other words that he could understand way before he could say them, like "Outside". This one was useful when he woke up in the morning. Sometimes he would just play in his crib for a while until I asked, "You want to look outside?" At first he would just point (later he would learn to repeat "outside." Then we would go sit on the floor at his window and look out at the trees and the cars behind the back yard.
The best one though was when he started learning to put words together to help get by some of my shortcomings. One morning after he played in his crib, looked out the window, and walked around upstairs with the rest of us he went over to the gate at the top of the stairs and said "sit, sit, sit." I took him back to his room to change him from pajamas to his clothes for the day. While I was changing his diaper he said "Apple. Apple."
"Did you say "apple?"
"Apple."
"Wait, are you trying to tell me that you're hungry? Is it breakfast time?"
"Sit."
He was telling me that he wanted to go downstairs and sit in his highchair. Amd when I didn't catch on he said the food word that he learned first to give me a better hint. He might just be bright enough to help me get through this.
I don't actually know know what Bennett's first word was. There were several that he picked up around the same time. One of them was brother ("buh-buh"). When I come home Kimball likes to hide and then surprise me. He's not very good hider though. One evening he hid behind a small rocking chair. I could see him and said so. I said his name and asked him to come out. He staid where he was, so I asked his little brother to help.
"Hey, Bennett, where's your brother?"
[He pointed.]
"Where's Kiimball?"
So, Bennett wriggled down out of Lesley's lap, walked across the room, and got his brother out from behind the chair.
There were lots of other words that he could understand way before he could say them, like "Outside". This one was useful when he woke up in the morning. Sometimes he would just play in his crib for a while until I asked, "You want to look outside?" At first he would just point (later he would learn to repeat "outside." Then we would go sit on the floor at his window and look out at the trees and the cars behind the back yard.
The best one though was when he started learning to put words together to help get by some of my shortcomings. One morning after he played in his crib, looked out the window, and walked around upstairs with the rest of us he went over to the gate at the top of the stairs and said "sit, sit, sit." I took him back to his room to change him from pajamas to his clothes for the day. While I was changing his diaper he said "Apple. Apple."
"Did you say "apple?"
"Apple."
"Wait, are you trying to tell me that you're hungry? Is it breakfast time?"
"Sit."
He was telling me that he wanted to go downstairs and sit in his highchair. Amd when I didn't catch on he said the food word that he learned first to give me a better hint. He might just be bright enough to help me get through this.