Eugenious

This is probably the last time we’ll be able to do this, because Sylvan’s vocabulary is growing every day (literally; he’s picking up two or three new words a day).

This weekend, Julie and I wrote down all of the words that Sylvan uses without being prompted or reminded. These are words that he will either use spontaneously or use correctly when asked “Sylvan, what’s that?”

We were prompted to do this because at his 16-month check-up visit, Sylvan’s doctor asked if he had any words. Julie was a bit taken aback, and replied something like “Sure, lots.” When the doctor asked how many, Julie didn’t know, but she guessed about 50. When she got home and told me this story, I thought it might be closer to 100. So we made a list. Here they are:

another, apple, avocado, backpack, backwards, bag, ball, balloon, bath, bear, bib, bike, bird, book, boot, bottle, bowl, bubble, buckle, burp, button, cardinal, cat, cheerio, cheese, clapping, cookie, daddy, dancing, diaper, dog, door, down, duck, ear, eat, egg, food, giraffe, girl, hat, helmet, hot, jogger, knock, light, lion, magazine, milk, mitten, mom, moon, more, nap, no, nose, off, on, owl, pen, phone, plane, potty, raisin, rock, rocking, rubber, shoe, shower, slipper, snow, sock, spoon, squirrel, stop, teeth, tiger, tongue, top, trousers, truck, tub, under, up, vroom, walking, wall, water, wheel, yucky, zipper

That was the list, 91 words, as of Saturday. He has learned another five or ten words since then. It’s amazing. We really have to watch what we say, because he’s absorbing all of it and repeating most of it.

The words are mostly nouns, as are most of the best words in English, but he has his share of verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

Amazing.

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