Yet another in less than 24 hours!

Yes, I'm leaving another post. Why? Because I'm wasting time and taking a break from badly written essays on the effects of reputation. And because I want to feel happy about something and not frustrated, the way I have felt for the past three days I have been back to work.

Last week, I noticed Alice picking up a lot more words. My Pediatrician told me Alice should have about 20 words by her 18 month visit, so I was curious. How many words can she say? Well, since I had 4 whole days with my darling, I started listing words I heard her say without prompting--things she said on her own, without me telling her to, or without her repeating them after I said them. Here's the list (you really don't have to read it. It's more for documentation's sake).

1. whoa
2. mama
3. dada
4. hi
5. bye-bye
6. oh-no
7. one
8. two
9. nine
10. button
11. boobs
12. rock
13. ball
14. pretty
15. yeah
16. no
17. help
18. bite
19. yummy
20. go
21. Elmo
22. swing
23. night-night
24. draw
25. hot
26. up
27. please
28. thank you
29. more
30. apple
31. I did it
32. toot-toot
33. poop
34. ice cream
35. cookie
36. cracker
37. eat
38. all done
39. gone
40. moo
41. walk
42. hat
43. shoes
44. jump
45. dog
46. broken
47. hello
48. grandma
49. grandpa
50. home
51. binky
52. blanky
53. achoo
54. head
55. pumpkin
56. ear
57. car
58. hoo (owl)
59. boo
60. cold
61. kick
62. knock-knock
63. Donald
64. duck
65. quack
66. frog
67. hair
68. book
69. hungry
70. Costco

So far. We add a couple new words everyday. She's such a smart cookie!