speach at 16 months

Memo, Nienke started really "talking" after one year. (I felt it took long.) She understood very well from very early on. She is now two and talks SO much. She says EVERYTHING. Big words, small words, sentences, repeats what we say, comes up with her own things, play word games with me (for instance, we'll play what "body parts" the dog has. She'll say "Poppie se owe" (Poppy's ears) and I'll say "Poppie se bene", then she'll say "Poppie se neusie" etc.)

SO they all catch on eventually.

She also said mamma quite late and babbled a lot in the beginning.

@1st Timer, I swear a LOT (obviously trying not to now). So Nienke has had the odd "fokken bal" and "kak". I just ignore it. She hasn't really picked up on it. Thankfully.

@RM, because I call my husband "Viljee", Nienke has taken to calling him that. So she'll sit in the bath and shout "Viljee, kom hieso!" Hahahaha! So funny. She does call him pappa as well but she now knows what his name is. She does occasionally call me "Jana" as well. I don't encourage it, though...

@Memo, don't feel bad. I spelled Boudoir (on the forum category list!) "boudior". It was like that for about two days. Total fail moment. One of many...