Speech Development

Over the last few months, Eliza has been coming on leaps and bounds particularly where her speech is concerned. She started to say the odd word before she was one and she seemed to understand what we were saying to her some of the time. She is almost 18 months old now and seems to know exactly what we are saying all the time. We can get very definite Yes and No answers from her now and like most children "No" is one of her favourite words at the moment. Today I kept asking her if she was happy and she would just look at me with a massive grin on her face, shake her head and say "No",she thinks it's hilarious but I'm sure she was fibbing because she looked happy to me.
I have lost count of the amount of words she can say now, she seems to learn a couple of new ones every day and often takes me by surprise. Yesterday she came out with "Meat" whilst we were eating some steak at tea time then she asked for "More". Today whilst emptying the changing bag she found my Ipod charger and said "Wire" whilst passing it to me.
I'll try and think of the words she can say so that I can put them in to a list, it will be nice too look back on this in a few months time to see how she is developing.

Hmmmm here goes...

Daddy
Nana
Mama
Grandad (occasionally)
Wheel (she says this for car wheels and also she calls her uncle Neil, Wheel)
Cat
Rat
Mat
Woof Woof
Meow
Hoover
Hot
Tent
Chair
Apple
Spoon (although it comes out at Boon)
Cheese
Cup
Breakfast
Dinner
Tea
Button
Chicken
Cockerel
Wire
Purse
Bag
Bowl
Birdie
Cow
Hair
Knee
Stairs
Bagpuss
Choochoo
Baby
Bell (this is what she calls her friend Isabel)
Mower (as in lawn mower)
Head
Toes
Shoes
Nose
Eyes
Meat
More
Bubble
Ball
Bath
Hiya
Bye
See Ya
Oh Dear
Oh Wow
Cracker (this is what she called biscuits and crisps)
Juice
Mouth
Ears
Peppa (as in Peppa Pig)
Nee Naw (this is for a fire engine)
Digger
Car
Keys
Out
Up
House
Yes
No
Hide
Jessy (her Jess the cat toy)
Bear
Bed
Poo
Potty
Wee
If she wants to go on a slide or swing she also says Wheeee

Eliza is also really good at her animal noises and her favourites are:
Moo (Cow)
Grunt Grunt (Pig)
Cocka Ooo (Cockerel)
Eee Or (Donkey)
Squeak Squeak (Mouse or Rat)
Wit Woo (Owl)
Roar (Lion)
Oo Oo Oo (Monkey)
Meow (Cat)
Woof Woof (Dog)
Quack Quack (Duck)