Monday, September 14, 2009

Harrison's World Part 4 -- What he says

Ok so here is a list of Harrison's words at this point. I know I have left some out but I can go back and add as I think of more. The list seems long but only 12 words are words that anyone would understand if around Harrison and for some people those may even be hard to understand without know his signs, and sound effects.

Harrison TALKS ALL THE TIME, we just don't know what he is saying. He may repeat the same thing several times the exact same way and we never get what he is trying to say. He has started to try to repeat after us and when he does this he gets the cadence right or breaks the words up at the syllables so that helps. For example I can ask if he wants grilled cheese or turkey sandwich and can figure out which one he is asking for, but there are only a couple people in is life that could figure it out. How frustration it must be. I can not imagine. He has so much to say, and we say all the time that we are sure he is telling us stories and jokes if we could only understand what he was telling us.

Words Everyone Would Know - most of these words he has had for almost 2 years

Choo Choo Train
Mama
Dada (but can't say Daddy)
bye
hello
hi
juice
Grandpa (sounds like PawPaw)
Yes (and Yep)
No
ball
uh oh

Words that People that Know Harrison understand - hopefully soon some of these words will move up the list that everyone can understand :)

Matthew (Matthew's Mama, Matthew's Dada)
Papa Nini (For grandparents but says Papani for both of them)
outside
goldfish
Paul
Curious George
Let's Go
Whoa
Trot
I do it
golf
football
basketball
baseball

Signs (sign language or self made Signs) I know I am forgetting a lot here

more
help
all done
a lot
red
blue
green
yellow
brown
elephant
Rabbit
eggs
He always used his hands to show how many


Words John and I know and translate for everyone else

We have to use his signs and sounds to help try to figure most things out.

Names of trains
Names of friends
some food items (chicken, banana, cheese, raisins)
Teacher's Names
tractor
trucks

Sound Effects for

horse, cow, sheep, duck, chicken, lion, dinosaur, sleeping, food (mmm), fire truck and police cars,

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