Paolo Vocabulary

Of course I cannot begin to plumb the depths of everything Paolo can and does say now, at five years old (though I have broken down and started a Twitter account to track all of the fun stuff he says), but here's a retrospective of when my eldest started talking all through age 1 (though my records appear to be less than exhaustive).

First Official Word:

February ??, 2009

Eye

We had a snow delay, and he decided to identify mine for me.

As of July 7, 2009

Body parts

• arm
• ear
• mouth
• teeth

Food

• apple
• juice

Animals

• baby
• bear
• cat
• dog
• duck
• puppy

Clothing

• backpack
• shirt
• shoes
• socks

Phrases

• Bye bye
• I'm done
• No
• No more

Household items

• ball
• balloon
• block
• box
• bubble
• door
• light
• moon
• pillow
• rock
• sheets
• toot-toot (Thomas the Train)

Commands

• Don't
• Get down!
• Jump
• Sit
• Stop
• Tattoo
• Up

Descriptions

• hot
• me/mine
• nice

As of September 9, 2009

Body parts

• face
• hair
• hand
• knee
• nose
• toes
• tummy

Food

• *agua
• apple
• broccoli
• cheese
• cookie
• cracker
• corn
• corndog
• milk
• *papa

Animals

• bunny (or f--f-- for Foo Foo)
• cows
• dino
• hippo
• horse
• kitty
• monkey
• *nino
• people
• rhino
• sea cow
• sheep
• turtle
• tweet-tweet

Clothing

• hat

Phrases

• *Adios
• Please
• Thank you

Household items

• bath
• bed
• car
• cello
• keys
• phone
• pool
• potty
• rocker
• star
• swing (fween)
• train
• trash
• truck
• wall

Commands

• Bite
• Go away!
• More

Descriptions

• bad
• blue
• dirty
• empty
• gross
• happy
• huge
• rocking
• talking

Characters

• Admiral (from Thomas book)
• Babar
• Gordon (the train)
• Jamba (mad scientist/evil genius)
• Lilo
• Thomas

As of October 19, 2009

Food

• bread
• brownie
• butter
• candy
• cereal
• chocolate
• eggs
• gummy
• ice cream
• noodles
• peaches
• pizza
• toast

Animals

• bird
• giraffe
• lion
• manatee

Clothing

• jacket
• hood

Phrases

• Love you!

Household items

• bathtub
• boat
• book
• bus
• circle
• crayons
• home
• house
• leaves
• one
• picture
• sun
• toys
• two

Commands

• buckle
• drive?
• drop
• hug
• kiss
• paint
• tickle
• zip

Descriptions

• bouncy
• disgusting
• fall
• good
• mess
• stinky

Characters

• Bob (the tomato)
• Harold (helicopter from Thomas)
• James (Thomas train)
• Nemo
• Percy (Thomas train)
• Toby (train, of course)