Vocabulary

Recently Riley's language development has really started to take off. She's been able to comprehend the meaning of words for a while now, but has generally seemed to be reluctant to try and say the words. It's like she wanted to be sure of her ability to say the word before she gave it a shot.

So, we're not sure if her recent explosion with trying new words is a result of an increase in confidence in her own ability or perhaps because of the strengthening of certain muscles in her mouth. Probably a little bit of both I'd imagine, among other things.

Here's a video that we took this morning. It's not too long as Riley really wanted to go outside, which by the way is a new word for her (only a day or two old). You'll also hear Riley's use of a 2 word phrase, which is also really new. At the moment she can really only say "Riley's xxx," "Daddy's yyy," or "Mommy's zzz," (where xxx, yyy, and zzz are variables). However, we think it's absolutely amazing. :)

Enjoy!