Chloë's Yorkshire accent

Chloë is saying more and more now, and we find it hilarious that much of it is in a broad Yorkshire accent! 'Baby', 'toes' and 'row row' spring to mind - in fact, she'd been saying 'toes' for a while before I realised what she meant!

I also want to note here that Chloë is absolutely obsessed with Peppa Pig, and over time her word for 'Peppa Pig' has become 'Goo' - it started as her trying to imitate the snort that Peppa makes at the beginning of the show and even though she can now say both 'Peppa' and 'pig', 'Goo' is the word that she uses. And for a one-word syllable, she manages to use it in many different ways - as a question, when she asks to watch it as we walk through the front door; or as a teary request when we've put any other programme on for Benjy.

She still communicates enormously by gestures to the extent that someone asked me recently if she does baby signing classes. She doesn't, and never has, but certainly does communicate by 'signing', and very efficiently too. She is starting to put 'sentences' together, though - I use the term 'sentences' very loosely, it's more that she uses several words to tell me something - for the last couple of weeks, every now and again she'll say 'Max', 'woof', 'mummy', 'ah' and then point at herself - meaning that when we are at school the other day a dog called Max was with his mummy, he was sweet, and he barked at Chloë. You see? Simple to interpret!