Jonah turned 26-months today. This time my monthly email article from babycenter.com which sends me updates on Jonah's development said this:
"By now, your child should be able to use at least 50 single words, construct simple two-word sentences, and follow a two-step command such as 'Please get your shoes and bring them to Dad so he can put them on.' You can probably understand what she's saying about half the time, but don't expect to make sense of everything she says until she's around 4. Young children often confuse pronouns — so you might find her avoiding them completely by saying 'Brother get' or 'Baby throw.'"
I can't even count the number of words Jonah knows, but his sentences consist on average of four to five words:
"What's daddy doing there now?"
"It's hiding now."
"What's that one, mommy?"
"How to do that, mommy?"
Tim's observation the other day was spot on. Jonah has transitioned from mostly naming objects about seven months ago to discussing and asking about ideas: how to do something, how to describe something, etc.
Jonah uses the present continous (e.g., "Jonah's cooking something.") as well as simple past (e.g., "I dropped it."). Not always, but often. Very interesting.
Jonah's word choice can be quite entertaining too. Today the landlord was around, tinkering with things. Jonah watched the landlord, who was standing on a ladder and playing with the house paint, out the living room window. He kept yelling: "Landlord! Landlord!" with sort of a British accent, trying to get the landlord's attention. Then he graduated to yelling: "Landlord, fart! Landlord, fart!" I don't know where he came up with that idea, but it was the perfect way to counteract our landlord's robotic demeanor as well as his odd, if not alarming habit of inserting "caulk" into every conversation he has with us. Nicely done, Jonah.
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Jonah, The Way Cool Linguistic Wizard! He rocks!
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