"Say"

Kayla is at that stage where she is really trying to repeat so many words after we say them. Which is great because her vocabulary is really taking off. She's learning and saying so many new words day-by-day.

But it does pose somewhat of a problem when having a conversation with her.

Before she was repeating we could ask her certain questions such as,

"What does a cow say?"

Kayla: "Moooooo!"

"What does a sheep say?"

Kayla: "Baa!"

And this would go on through all of the animal noises that she can make.

Also anytime she wanted something (usually a snack meaning crackers!) we would ask her, "What do you say?" and she would sign please.

Now with the repeating this is our conversation, "What does a cow say?"

Kayla: "Say"

Different tactic..."what noise does a cow make?"

Kayla: "Make"

"What does a cow do?"

Kayla: "Do"

"A cow says what?"...you see where this is going.

And when she wants something and we ask her, "What do you say?" She will sign the word please while simultaneously saying "say" (even though she can say peeeese).

But it does work out when I can ask her things like, "Who do you want to read to you? Mommy or Daddy?" "Who do you want to give you a bath, Mommy or Daddy?" The key, of course, is to say Daddy's name last!