She says...

I was chatting with a coworker about the Animalia's words the other day and it made me realize how much she actually says.

She says Mom (though it sounds like Mahm) and Dad (though that sounds like Daht). She says Tata and says Nana when she's upset at me. Almost like she's going to tell on me or something. She says bao bao bao for dogs unless she's making a barking sound. She growls when we say the word lion. She signs más when she wants more of anything, not just food. She'll sign for more if we're doing something fun and she wants to keep doing it. I think signs count as words. She says agua (a-WA) on her way into the bath. She says papa (food). Sometimes she says mapa (mama papa, means she wants to be breastfed). She pats herself when she's done something good, is happy, wants recognition for something cute. She chats incoherently with her dolls and stuffed animals when she's playing alone. She says Hi! most of the time in her very best drag queen voice, to people and on the phone which is sometimes held upside down and backward. She says Bye! but not to us, never to us. Funny isn't it?