I have been secretly harboring a worry that Alex may be speech delayed. Even though he is nearing the 40 word mark, he seems to be behind his peers due to the fact that he isn't using any descriptive or feeling words (unless "no", "vroom" or "wocka wocka" count), all of his words are nouns, names of things. Also, he hasn't started stringing any words together. Now, a couple of weeks ago he did say "eat cheese" while he was eating cheese, but it seems to have been a fluke because he hasn't done it since. This week, however, it seems his love for Go Diego Go (or "Diegogo" as Alex calls it) has helped him grasp the concept of stringing words together. I'm still not sure this would count to a speech pathologist, but to me it's progress. His new "sentences" are:
- Diegogo juice (referring to his Go Diego Go sippy)
- Diegogo bankie (referring to his Go Diego Go blanket)
- Diegogo Mommy (this is usually a request to "Turn on Diegogo Woman!")
- No Mommy (It's usually more like "NOOOOOOOO Mommy!")
- Go Diegogo (as a statement when the show starts, as if saying "Finally! THIS is what I wanted!")
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