I've been counting while my two boys sleep. I'm up over 200 and I know I'm forgetting some. The list includes yellow and bulldozer and stinkbug and please. Also walk and ride and astronaut and biplane. Wine, milk, chocolate, and guitar. My favorite right now may be "pilgrim" (pronounced "bum")
I'm not counting numbers, letters of the alphabet, or animal sounds. Just words. Words that Nate says reliably and frequently.
And yes, I'm bragging. I'm amazed by my little boy who is expected to say 50ish words at this age but instead puts together 3-4 word sentences. If you give him an opening he'll tell you the story of the two stinkbugs who were walking on his wall but daddy took them away in a tissue. To go pee pee in the potty. Or he might tell you about airplanes and helicopters flying up, up, in the sky. He may even tell you about rolling the yellow ball to Kent in gym class right before they crawled through a blue tunnel.
Of course, chances are also good that as an uninitiated person you may not understand a lot of it. But if he told you "Nate please ice water, right now!" I think that one would come through loud and clear. If he sees someone give you something or do something for you and you don't say thank you, he'll say it over and over until you acknowledge him and thank the individual in question.
He uses a new word every day. None of them, yet, things he has overheard that we would rather him not say. All of them bringing joy into this house one precious syllable at a time.
I truly find that stage Magical, though I agree he is going through it very early! And you should brag! He is a delightful, adorable, bright little boy!
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