Birthing Beautiful Ideas

In the past couple of weeks, A (almost two) uttered his 100th word.

And how do I know this?

I’ve kept track of both boys’ first 100 words.  Or at least an estimate of their first 100 words.

Yep.  Some may find it dorky and even a bit excessive, but I think (in my dorky and prone-to-excessiveness sort of way) that it’s a really cool document of my kids’ first linguistic adventures.

And what’s even cooler is the way that their individual lists demonstrate just how unique they are.  They had (and have) unique interests and loves and favorite foods and favorite toys and experiences and personalities, and their first 100 words are a testament to this uniqueness.

Just see for yourself.

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A (who will be 2 next Tuesday)

1. Mama (8 months)
2. hi
3. meow
4. kitty
5. Mikey(one of our cats)
6. woof
7. eyes
8. Miles
9. Daddy
10. here ya go
11. boo (word for pacifier)
12. book
13. banana
14. yeah
15. no
16. Papa
17. Gamah/Grammy
18. juice
19. bye bye
20. ow
21. uh oh
22. thank you
23. shoes
24. moo
25. boot
26. yum
27. why
28. cookies
29. hot cocoa
30. neigh
31. where
32. all gone
33. choo choo
34. hot
35. jelly
36. mai (word for blanket)
37. up
38. cup
39. crayon
40. grape
41. truck
42. bear
43. cake
44. kick
45. ship
46. cow
47. spider
48. avocado
49. clean
50. bite
51. wow
52. crap (his word for “cracker”…teehee…)
53. bamboo
54. help
55. Caillou
56. Paul
57. cheese
58. game
59. pirate
60. ear
61. nose
62. mouth
63. couch
64. yak
65. cold
66. bed
67. light
68. Ni-hao
69. door
70. go
71. flower
72. tv
73. cereal
74. fire
75. train
76. sheep
77. car
78. baby
79. scrub
80. Jim
81. Kellie
82. Annie
83. Oliver
84. Noah
85. ice cream
86. jam
87. raisin
88. iPod
89. poop
90. toast
91. helicopter
92. airplane
93. ewww
94. cold
95. foot
96. toes
97. I don’t know
98. firetruck
99. man
100. drum (22 months)

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M (now 4 1/2 years old)

1. Mama (9 months)
2. cat
3. hi
4. moo
5. Dada
6. Cookie (for Cookie Monster)
7. ball
8. teeth
9. cheese
10. cow
11. book
12. nose
13. cracker
14. Claus (for Santa Claus)
15. bye
16. Pa (for Great-Grandpa)
17. juice
18. Paul
19. milk
20. hot
21. yes
22. no
23. elf
24. knock knock
25. bear
26. goose
27. up
28. clock
29. baa
30. man
31. hop
32. hat
33. neck
34. duck
35. coat
36. dog
37. neigh
38. baby
39. cold
40. goat
41. poop
42. brush
43. Miles
44. owl
45. mouse
46. snowman (or “ho-man”)
47. quack quack
48. Ernie
49. Elmo
50. bird
51. nuts
52. Bob (from a Sandra Boynton book)
53. happy
54. genius (in reference to a book)
55. arm
56. mouth
57. banana
58. peach
59. Bert
60. knee
61. hug
62. neat
63. spice
64. cloves
65. hoot hoot
66. tweet tweet
67. map
68. backpack
69. done
70. help
71. Ma (for Grandma)
72. Grandma (for Great-Grandma)
73. pool
74. cute
75. uh oh
76. plum
77. bread
78. chicken
79. Airen
80. Rachel
81. eyes
82. hands
83. on
84. off
85. hair
86. head
87. couscous
88. dance
89. Midgies (for one of his grandmas)
90. berries
91. please
92. elbow
93. call
94. again
95. penis
96. hippo
97. blue
98. pink
99. purple
100. green (16 months)