Words!!

Words!!! Buster can communicate (albeit a little haphazardly and needing a translator i.e. me). When we went to his last well check-up the nurse asked how many words Buster can say, which had me panicked. I never counted, I never thought about it. How many words is he supposed to say? Once I started paying attention, he can say a lot! And he learns new words every day! He can understand about 99% of what we say (which means no more swearing), but he can't quite form all the words. Below is a list of the words he can say and the rough meaning behind them. Most of the meaning behind is speaking has to do with where he puts the inflection as well as how long he holds out a syllable:

1. Teeth (said when he wants to brush his teeth and/or needs Tylenol)
2. Kitty (said while maniacally chasing the cats around)
3. mmmmma (milk)
4. Mama (either me or one of the grandma)
5. Dada (Jim - he gets his own name without sharing)
6. Bu-pa (Grandpa Neumann)
7. Bum-pa (Grandpa Mason)
8. no
9. again
10. yes
11. this
12. puppy
13. Out
14. Cheese (Cheers - I taught him how to toast - it's very cute)
15. nom-nom (food, he's hungry)
16. Raisin
17. Cheeerrss (Cheerios)
18. TV
19. tree (learned after we put up the Christmas tree)
20. shoes
21. boots
22. juice
23. book
24. ball
25. Big Bird
26. Bert
27. Elmo (which sounds like Melmo)
28. bye
29. bed
30. night night
31. Hot!!