Our doctor asked if Astrid could say 20 words. Apparently it’s a developmental milestone for 18-month olds. She hit that mark when she learned ‘purple‘ the other day. Here are her first 20 words, roughly in order.

1. Mama
2. No
3. Yeah
4. Dada
5. Hi
6. Uh-oh
7. More
8. Please
9. Bye
10. Up
11. Down
12. (Ba)nana
13. Apple
14. Toes
15. Shoes
16. Baba
17. Night
18. Row
19. Mine
20. Purple

She also knows how to sign “Thank You” (but can’t quite pronounce it) and points at her mouth when she’s hungry. In the past few weeks she’s been more interested in repeating words we say to her, which is how she learned ‘purple’, when Baba was reading to her.