Oose

Amanda's tiny vocabulary is slowly getting bigger. Some of them are only words a parent can understand and some are loud and clear. She's even starting to put a couple of words together, but it's usually only "No Mommy" or "Down Mommy". Andy says those don't count as sentences because you need at least four words to make a sentence. He's probably right, that kid knows everything.

The one word she says the most, besides "no", is "oose". It's sounds like loose without the L. We're not exactly sure what it means, but she usually says it when she wants something, often while pointing, so I think it means "this". Whenever she says it we say, "This? Do you want this?" and keep saying it until she nods or says yes. So I think she's just trying to beat us to the punch and say "this". Of course "this" could mean anything, so we have to keep asking her anyway, but at least by saying it she has our attention that she wants something.

In so many ways I wish she could say more and tell us what she wants, but then there's the small part of me that knows what happens next. They start talking incessantly, asking a million questions, telling you what to do and never, ever stop. I'm all for improved communication, just not the rest of it. I've already got two little people telling me what to do, do I really need a third? It might stop her crying, but may lead to my own.

For now, I'll just be happy with "oose".