Baby Talk Record

I think it's important to record down my princess's progress. She starts to 'talk' when she was 9 months old. She is now 14-month and the words/phrases she can speak are as follow:

English words:

Yes
No
Nice
Please
Thank you (only know how to say 'que')
papa
mama
duck
bird
horse
bug
dog
bear
egg
book
ok
up
down
out
girl
boy
star
apple
ball
baby
yoyo
fish
orange
red
blue
yellow
purple
black
zebra (can only say 'bra')
pineapple (can only say 'ple')
tomato (can only say 'to')
strawberry (can only say 'ry)
cherry (can only say 'ry)
tiger (can only say 'ger')
igloo (can only say 'gloo')
wall
clock
dock
pig
oh oh
yacht
two
three
four
hug
hooray
hair
eye
nose
cold
key
banana (can only says 'nana')
you
day
nice
hello
hi
bye bye
oh yeah
so cool
dirty
yucks
daddy
mommy
sister (can only says 'ter')
grandma (can only complete with 'ma')
grandpa (can only complete with 'pa')
where
too
A,B,C,D,E,F,G

Malay words:

susu (sounds like 'cucu' though. It means 'milk)
apa ( It means 'what')
ya ( It means 'yes')
bau ( It means 'smelly')
habis ( It means 'finish')
dua ( It means '2')
tiga (can only say 'ga'. It means '3')
ibu (It means 'mother')
ayah (It means 'father')
kakak (It means 'sister')
jatuh (It means 'drop/fall')

Mandarin words:

好 hao3 ( It means 'good/ok')
衣服 yi1 fu2 ( It means 'clothes')
裤 ku4 ( It means 'pants')
尿布 niao4 bu4 ( It means 'diaper')
臭臭 chou4 chou ( It means 'smelly')
新年快乐 xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 (can only say "le4". ( It means 'Happy New Year')
怕怕 pa4 pa ( It means 'afraid/scared')
抱抱 bao4 bao ( It means 'hug')

She can make the sounds below:

vroom vroom (car)
hoot hoot (owl)
ee o ee o (ambulance)
roar (tiger/lion)
co coo coo (rooster)
hiss hiss (snake)
woof woof (dog)
moooo (cow)
chug chug (train)
yum yum (delicious)
aaauumm (feeding sound)
honk honk (goose)
buzz buzz (bee)

She can finish the nursery rhymes with the words below:

London bridge is falling 'down'
Happy birthday to 'you'
Hickory dickory 'dock', 'clock'
Humpty Dumpty sat on the 'wall', 'fall'
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the 'stream'
Yipee yaya, yipee yipee 'ya'
Twinkle, twinkle little 'star', 'are', 'high', 'sky'
Incy wincy spider - 'spout', 'out', 'rain'
Mary had a little 'lamb'
Ten Little Indian 'boy'


A for 'apple'
B for 'ball'
C for 'cow' (sometimes can only say 'moo moo')
D for 'dog' (sometimes can only say 'ruff ruff' or 'woof woof')
E for 'egg'
F for 'fish'
H for 'horse'
I for 'igloo'
K for 'key'
O for 'orange'
Y for 'yoyo'

Actions for songs:

Twinkle twinkle little star
Incy Wincy Spider
If you happy and you know it "shout hooray, say hello, say bye bye, clap your hands, stomp your feet"

Actions for commands:

Where
No more/finish
Wave her hands for hello and bye-bye
Lie down please
Go & get
Shake hands
Give me five
Give me ten
Shake your butt butt
Arms up
Arms down
We are going out
Stand up
Sit
Flying Kiss
Wait
Hug

Kiss

Ok. After listing down the words she can say, I realised that how 'little' Mandarin she speaks everyday. As a Mandarin teacher, I do feel guilty. Haha! Alrighty, seems like I have to adjust my teaching method now.

Actually my princess can say out new words almost everyday. She gives us surprises by showing her new verbal and motor skills here and there. I believe all toddlers love to learn, it depends whether their parents/family members are willing to spend time to teach them or not. 

Sometimes I will feel lazy or tired in teaching due to my work or hobby. Whenever she look at me, showing her eager/interest in learning and kept saying/asking for book, I do feel guilty for ignoring her at times. I'm glad that I have make her to love books and having a habit in reading/learning everyday. It's good to have her reminding me daily so that I shall continue to teach her without fail. 

What is more important in life after you have your own kid? 

No doubt that the list of her vocabs is getting longer. 

I believe it's God's blessing for all the fun we have together. It is also God's arrangement for making a workaholic person to be a homely mother. Thank you, my dear God!


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15-month old progress:


English words:
head
toe
nose
feet
hair
eat
sleep
onion
calf
cat
frog
cow
lamb
rabbit 
polar bear (can only say 'bear')
giraffe (can only complete with 'raffe')
bunny (sounds more like 'ahnny')
watch
umbrella (can only complete with 'la)
queen
mommy
jam
cup
grapes
diaper (can only complete with 'per')
boots
let's go
four
five
eight
ten
cabbage (can only say 'bagge')
bamboo shoot (can only say 'shoot')
circle 
triangle (can only say 'gle')
rectangle (can only say 'gle)
rhombus (can only say 'bus' which sounds like 'burst')
semicircle (can only say 'cle')
oval (can only say 'val' which sounds like 'ble')
trapezium (can only say 'zium' but sounds more like 'cium' in Malay, which means kiss)
motorcycle (can only complete it with 'cle')
bicycle (can only complete it with 'cle' too)
police car (can only complete it with car)
bus
boat
bug
carrot (can only say 'rot')
asparagus (can only say 'gus')
igloo
umbrella (can complete with 'la')


Malay words:
ayam (means chicken)
ambil (means take)
satu (means 1.)
dua (means 2)
tiga (means 3)
empat (means 4, can only say 'pat')
lima (means 5, can only say 'ma')
enam (means 6)


Read English words:
Yellow
Green
Red
Blue
Black

A to Z
A for apple
B for ball, book, bear, baby
C for cat, cow
D for dog, duck
E for egg (sometimes will forget)
F for fish
G for ? (still can't get this)
H for horse
I for igloo
J for Jam
K for key (sometimes will forget, or sometimes will mumble the word kangaroo)
L for ? (still can't get this)
M for mommy
N for nose
O for orange
P for pig (sometimes will forget)
Q for queen
R for red (sometimes will forget)
S for ? (still can't get this)
T for ? (still can't get this)
U for ? (still can't get this)
V for ? (still can't get this)
W for ? (still can't get this)
X for ? (still can't get this)
Y for yoyo
Z for zebra (can only say 'bra')


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16-month old progress:


English Words:
March
April
May 
June
Hat
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Eight
Nine
Ten
*can't say one & seven yet
crayons
doll
car
white
mouth
face
morning
zebra
fan
grandma
teeth
airport
plane
year
boat
house
eye
ya
spoon
shoes
lychee (can only complete with 'chee')
remote control (can only complete with 'trol')
open (can only complete with 'pen')
close
Let's go
out
up
more
no more


Malay words:
Satu (can only complete with 'tu', means 1)
Dua (can only complete with 'ua', means 2)
Tiga (can only complete with 'ga', means 3)
Empat (can only complete with 'pat', means 4)
Lima (can only complete with 'ma', means 5)
Enam (can only complete with 'nam', means 6)
Tujuh (can only complete with 'juh', means 7)
Lapan (can only complete with 'pan', means 8)
Sembilan (can only complete with 'lan', means 9)
Sepuluh (can only complete with 'luh', means 10)
Mandi (means take bath)
Gigi (means teeth)
Kaki (means leg)
Naik (means go up)
Lepas (means let go)

A to Z

A for apple

B for ball, book, bear, baby, bug

C for cat, cow

D for dog, duck

E for egg (sometimes will forget)

F for fish

G for gorilla

H for horse

I for igloo

J for Jam

K for key 

L for ? (still can't get this)

M for mommy

N for nose

O for orange

P for pig 

Q for queen

R for rabbit

S for ? (still can't get this)

T for ? (still can't get this)

U for ? (still can't get this)

V for ? (still can't get this)

W for watch

X for ? (still can't get this)

Y for yoyo

Z for zebra 

For body parts, she can point when you asked her, such as "Where is your nose?"

hair

eye

head

nose

mouth

tongue

teeth

ear

face

hand

fingers

buttock

tummy

belly button/navel

leg

feet

toe

arm

Recognized letters:

A

B

C

F

M

O

Z

She has no problem in recognizing colours:

Red

Orange

Blue

Black

Yellow

White

Purple

Brown

Pink (sometimes will confuse by saying red or purple though)