Elisabeth's words

This past week, a couple friends blogged about their toddler's emerging verbal skills so I was thinking Elisabeth was behind. I pulled up this milestone chart on Baby Center and am glad to see that she is right on track. For 17 months, it says most babies can use 6 words skillfully. Elisabeth's daily words are:

• "boo!" (a game we play)
• ball
• mom
• other one (when she's nursing)
• bite
• crayon
• boobie (unfortunately)

Other words she has said before but doesn't use daily are:

• down
• kitty
• dad
• bubba
• dog
• banana
• book

For other needs, she communicates very clearly. She just has a way of speaking to us without verbal words. I never feel like I don't understand her. She is very aware, very active, participating in a group activity, and it is clear she understands our words, as she can do tasks exactly as we ask her to.