In the words of Joey

The thing with Joey is, he has been quite unlike his older brother and sister when it comes to speech. Where Lila and Brighton were saying all kinds of words and phrases by the time they were only one, Joey didn't say a single word until he was 18 months old. At one year old, he did say "mama" but it never seemed to really stick and wasn't always related to me, so I don't know that it really counts. At 18 months old he started saying "no" and it has stuck ever since! 😏😁 We started talking with our pediatrician about it and he wasn't yet concerned. Joey would be considered speech delayed, but there wasn't anything to be done yet. He was still so young and had plenty of time to still grow. Thankfully, by the time Joey got to his 2 year appointment, he was saying all sorts of things and is now no longer considered speech delayed! Yay! 

Here are the words of my little one:

mom

dad

daddy

Brigh (Brighton)

Lala (Lila)

no

k?

bite

what's that?

ew

go

'mon (come on)

Aw man

ok

teeth

mine

kie-coo (cookie)

ball

baby

dod (dog)

ears

mouth

hair
ligh (light)
toy
fan

nose

head

knee

eyes
feet

bb (belly button)

fi-fi (flip flops)

shir (shirt)

p (pants- he always has to say this twice and point to a leg one at a time)

ba-pa (back pack)

lay down

shoes

shoc (socks)

err-err (water)

ow

t (pick me up)

towel

p-low (for pillow and blanket)

tide (outside)

meow (kitten)

jump

play

nigh (night)

na (snack)

bum

poo

oh

woah

dee, do, duh (3, 2, 1- when he launches himself off our couch)
'gin (again)
fi (fix it)
back (put it back)
gon-gon and phone (phone)
Cho (Joey)
Doo Doo (Baby Shark)
Piku (Pikachu)
Oh wow!
un-uh
sheet (sit)
lee (polar bear)
hot

**I'm sure there are many other words that he says that I can't think of right now.**