Julia's Conversations

Julia has had a lot on her mind lately. She gets particularly talkative when she is in her high chair or on the changing table. At mealtimes, she frequently signs bird and squirrel. There may or may not be a bird or squirrel on the deck when she signs these words, but we chat about those animals nonetheless.

Changing-table conversations are more like her showing off all the baby signs Julia knows. She makes the signs, and then waits for Troy or me to say the words she's signing. As of today, the words she can sign are bird, squirrel, bath, milk, eat, telephone, night-night (go to bed/sleep), diaper, all done, more, sock, lotion, and Cheerio.

Julia does more than baby sign - some of her vocalizations sound a lot like real words. There are some words she doesn't baby-sign since she can say them. "Woof woof" means dog, and she says this whenever she sees a dog. "Kitty" and "Daddy" are pretty clear - strangers even recognize when she says these words. "Thank you" and "book" are pretty recognizable, too.