Words - theirs and mine

When Charlotte was at her 18 month check-up/vaccination (which we went to just over a month late), Dr C asked how many words Charlotte could say. I had no idea. So she said 'Ten?' and I said 'yes, no more than that' (that was a stab in the dark, though).

Charlotte is now 21 months old. She repeats a lot of the words we say to her now, but the ones she'll say herself currently are
aggy (an early word, for 'raggy' her cloth nappy companion of which there is many), ca ca (French baby talk for poo), hello, bye bye, no, night night, car, thankyou (that was an early one too and she said it so cute - now it's like 'ugg oo'), Lily, nanny (for Daddy, but she can say daddy clearer now as well), mumma, au revoir, up (wanting to be picked up), come (wants you to come with her and she can say it quite bossily!), woof woof, miaow, neigh, quack, baby, ball, bag, star, bubble, clock (pronounced caaaar-lock, I love this one), this (pointing to something she wants), boo boo (for something that hurts her),
and she sings the beginning of Freres Jacques (sounds like 'air air ar ark') and Happy Birthday (can't remember how that sounds but I know what it is!).

Lily of course has a great vocab and likes to talk...she likes it best to be in conversation with you. And she asks lots of questions (some of them are so obscure, like today 'how does the rain get into the pipes?' then 'how does the water get into shops?'). She is also good at translating what Charlotte is trying to say.

And I am lost for words when it comes to describing how loving, funny, smart and cheeky Charlotte is and how gorgeous, smart , funny and kind Lily is. But I feel it in my heart all the time.