dat?

In the bathtub tonight Bella pointed to boats and asked, "dat?" I said "blue boat". She pointed to another, "dat?" and looked for me to tell her again. I answered "yellow boat". This went on and on and it was so fun! dat? dat? dat?

While reading Frosty the Snowman, she points to the puppy that is on each page. I say "puppy" but she seems a bit confused...and it is confusing because we call her lovey a "puppy" and we call Duchess a "puppy" (even though she's getting really old). We call Duchess by her name sometimes too and Bella has picked up on this. She calls Duchess "Duchie"...and calls Penny "Duchie" too.

Here's her word inventory at almost 16 months:

• no for no
• Duchie for Duchess
• i for Hi
• dat for What's that?
• waaaa (scream) for anything*
• nnn (whine) for most things*

*she's mastered these! Ha!