You say it best when u say nothing at all...

At 8mths of age,clover started addressing us as "mama" and "dadda" when we come home,or when one of us is not around,she will start searching and keep calling till that person appear...haha...However,more often than not,she will speak in a string of unintelligible phrases with such intensity looking straight at us in the eye that it is impossible not to sit up,and pay attention to her....haha...Failing to do so,she will creep over,pinned her face close to mine and frown,repeat her words again,demanding my full attention...haha...

Unfortunately,it will be a good many months before she can articulate her wants clearly,at present,there are moments of frustrations leading to physical meltdowns,whenever we are unable to read her cues...oops...hmm...Hence to work around the issue,we started
teaching her handsigns that we invented ourselves for our understanding..haha.such as milk,wait and come here has its advantages,for she can signal back to me,for example when ask if she wants milk,she will either nod her head/smile(yes) or shake her head(no)...while playing,sometimes when I disrupt her to give her meals or water,she can show me the handsign for wait,so that I know she is still busy engaging in play...then when I indicate that I want her to stop and come ,she will do so after she has enough of playtime,likewise she will also show me the handsign for come whenever she is lazy to pick up her beachball and want me to do so for her....haha...

Her favourite handsign of all times?Finish/No more when her favourite nursery rhyme dvd has ended...haha...Sometimes ,she amaze us when she utter single words such as flower,five...With constant repetitions and experimenting,it does do wonders...haha...Although it does not have a 100 % success,depending on clover's temperment and takes lots of time,effort on our side..I still think hand signs are worth a try ,or perhaps ,I believe in devoting time to clover..hehe..Despite what my colleagues say "where got time?"...