Some of Nem’s words:
“Did-an”: Her big brother.
“Ee-oop”: Pillow.
“Ee-o”: Cheerios.
“Hep”: Help.
“Ded”: Any toy that stops moving (because of dead batteries), or doesn’t move at all.
“Bbbt”: Poop.
“Dop”: Stop.
“Hite”: Light.
“Doll.”
“Hop”: Rabbit.
“Bo-ul”: Bottle.
“Mo”: More.
“Nope.”
“Uh-huh.”
She has a sound that means “brushing teeth”, which is something like an American Indian war cry, a sustained tone stopped in gaps by moving her tongue back and forth across her lips.
She will say my name (“Da-da”) many times over, affectionately, as I say her name (“Baby”) back to her.
So sweet. Funny, I was compiling a list in my head of Ellen’s “words” the other day. I wish I could get video/audio of all of it to have forever, but trying to get her to say them on demand never works.