Two words, side by side

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Somewhere in this stretch single words start going together — "Daddy go", "all gone" — and that first pairing is the beginning of grammar rather than just more vocabulary. Hearing two-word phrases from you, at the moment they are true, is what shows the joining is allowed.

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Source: AAPMilestones During The First 2 Years

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Two words, side by side

Speak in twos for a few minutes

"Shoes on." "Milk gone." "Daddy home." Two words, said where they are true — not a game, just how you talk for a stretch.