Ethan's Saying...                                     Ethan's Signing...

  

Date         

Post-Activation

Milestone

 Saying  

Age         

Date           Sign  
Feb 11, 2003  4 days              

Turned to voice

     10 months Oct 2002 1. more
Feb 20, 2003 2 weeks   1. "Mama"   11 months Nov 2002 2. hat
Feb 21, 2003 2 weeks   2. "Emma"   12 months Dec 2002 3. cat
Feb 23, 2003 3 weeks   3. "Uh-oh"   12.5 months Jan 16, 2003 4. eat

Feb 28, 2003

 

 

 

 

4 weeks

 

 

 

 

Understanding so many words: drink, Susan, Emma, apple, cat, ball, fast, Daddy, Mommy, Jane, light

 

 

    

13 months

 

 

 

Jan 23, 2003

Jan 24, 2003

Jan 25, 2003

Jan 27, 2003

5. no

6. car   

7. bird

8. book

 
Already using the phone                
  Mar 6, 2003 5 weeks  "b, b, b, b, b"       Jan 31, 2003 9. Susan

Mar 11, 2003

 

5 weeks

 

 Mommy says to Ethan, "Bring it to Emma", and Ethan brought it to Emma    

14 months

 

Feb 2003

 

 10. bed

11. apple

12. drink

Off to the job site

Mar 13, 2003

 

 

 

 

6 weeks

 

 

 

 

Ethan was startled and scared of a noise, when he stepped on a toy to climb and it started "talking".

 

 

 

  

14.5 months

 

 

 

 

Mar 13, 2003

 

 

 

 

13. bath

 

 

 

 
Mar 14, 2003 6 weeks   4. "off"    

 

Versailles meets Ethan

Apr 2003

2 months

 Understanding directions:  "Ethan sit down and take off your shoes", "Let's take a bath", "Time to read a book", etc. 5. "hat"

6. "hot",

7. "meow"

   15 months

Apr 2003

 14. hot

15.elephant

16. fish

 

 

Diggin' in his sand box

May 2003

 

 

 

3 months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 8. "up"

9. "more"

10. "ah-um"(apple)

  

16 months

 

 

 

May 2003

 

 

 

17. all done

 

 

 
 
Jun 2003

4 months

 

 11. "hat"

12. "ah-er"=(tractor) 

 

17 months

Jun 2003

18. daddy

19. thank you
Puppy dog eyes...  
Jul 2003

5 months

 

 13. "uh-oh"(clear as day)

14.  "no "

15. "ball "

16. "dada"

17. "nana"

18. "ahba = papa", then papa

19. "wound "(round)

20.  "all wet"

  

18 months

 Jul 2003

20.sorry
 

Harvest time...

 Aug 2003

6 months

Ethan learned to blow!  This is important for speech development.  He began blowing through a straw, and then began blowing bubbles through the bubble wand, and is now blowing through a recorder!

21. "boat"

22. "bubble"

23. "balloon"

24.  "book"

25.  "ball more"

26.  "ah-er = cracker"

27. "mehy = messy"

28. "memma = grandma"

29. "stuck"

30. "yuck"

31. "ouee = ouchie"

32. "i = hi"

  

19 months

Aug 2003

 21. lion

22. balloon (made up his own sign for it)

 Sep 2003

 

 

7 months

 

Simple sentences are emerging! 

9/8 - "Be right back"

9/16 - "Mommy, where are you?", "Right there" 

 

 33. "daddy"

34. "mommy"

35. "Nate"

36. "doggy"

37.  "moe = Joe"

38.  "shoes"

39. "baby"

40. "tea"

41. "mouer = flower"

42. "moo-ee = movie"

43. "back"

44. "ba ba = bye bye"

45. "eye"

46. "knee"

47. "water"

48. "Jane"

  

20 months

 

Sep 2003

 

23. mommy

24. house

25. hello

26. nice

27. signing

 

Clowning around

 Oct 2003

 

 

8 months

 

Simple sentences are still emerging! 

10/02 - "Daddy, where are you?"

10/03 - "Dare da ball (There's the ball)"

10/07 - "I love you"

"yellow balloon"

"not nice"

"Sorry Emma"

"Thank you Emma"

"stop it"

"apple" is now perfect!

"bye-bye" is now perfect!

"Joe" has gone from Moe to Doe!

 

 

 

 49. "broke"

50. "Elmo"

51. "Joe"

52. "nose"

53. "roll it"

54. "block"

55. "yellow"

56. "swing"

57. "swimming"

58. "bear"

59. "pee pee"

60. "hiding"

61. "truck"

62. "cup"

63. "cookie"

64. "hello"

65. "jump"

66. "bowl"

67. "again"

68. "nice"

69. "down"

70. "moon"

71. "Woody"

72. "away"

73. "dipey"

74. "bike"

75. "Katie"

76. "light"

77. "boo boo"

78. "jacket"

79. "stop"

80.  "Thank you"

81.  "Arman"

82.  "baseball"

83.  "bat"

84.  "sorry"

85.  "nice"

86.  "spoon"

87.  "boy"

88.  "poopy"

89.  "pumpkin"

90.  "raining"

91.  "tissue"

92.  "napkin"

93.  "Natalie"

94.  "boo boo"

95.  "kitchen"

96.  "boot"

97.  "juice"

98.  "Susan"

99.  "jumping"

100.  "rolling"

101.  "night night"

102.  "cubby"

103.  "door"

104.  "mail"

105.  "dolphin"

106.  "man"

 

  

21 months

 

Oct 2003

 

28. shoes
   Nov 2003 9 months 11/02 - "Bye bye Papa"

Grandma is now "Vramma"

"Joe" has gone from Moe to Doe and is now Joey / Joe, clear as day!

 

 107.  "Tía"

108.  "mole"

109.  "work"

110.  "one"

111.  "room"

112.  "open"

113.  "bite"

114.  "Ethan"

115.  "banging"

116.  "nut"

117.  "wind"

118.  "leaf"

119.  "yeah"

120.  "whoa"

121.  "tic toc"

122.  "working"

123.  "brown"

124.  "girl"

125.  "big bird"

126.  "blow"

127.  "blowing"

128.  "biting"

129.  "orange"

130.  "kick ball"

131.  "home"

132.  "house"

133.  "watch"

134.  "cut"

135.  "run"

136.  "running".

137.  "raking"

138.  "throwing"

139.  "throw"

140.  "phone"

141.  "shhh"

142.  "wagon"

143.  "donut"

144.  "cotton"

145.  "bagel"

146.  "Cheye"

147.  "Kateri"

148.  "Jeanette"

149.  "Ruthie"

150.  "kitty"

151.  "playroom"

152.  "tissue"

153.  "Cassia"

154.  "catching"

155.  "cutting"

156.  "all"

157.  "done"

158.  "drink"

159.  "drinking"

160.  "cry"

161.  "crying"

162.  "walk"

163.  "walking"

164.  "Jessie"

        

Emma and Ethan tree hunting

  Dec 2003 10 months "All done" clear as day

"small ball"

"Emma butter coming"

Ethan is imitating any two-word combinations

 

 165.  "angel"

166.  "bounce"

167.  "loud"

168.  "small"

169.  "bell"

170.  "tree"

171.  "teeth"

172.  "kicking"

173.  "button"

174.  "wow"

175.  "cone"

176.  "two"

177.  "angel"

178.  "star"

179.  "bag"

180.  "toy"

181.  "later"

182.  "train"

183.  "choo choo"

184.  "Santa"

185.  "broken"

186.  "clown"

187.  "eggs"

188.  "piling"

189.  "spin"

190.  "black"

191.  "blue"

192.  "shopping"

193.  "