Ben is a chatterbox which doesn't come as much of a surprise considering who his parents are. He has mastered three sounds: "Mama, dada, and ba." When he wants something it is "mama." When something is fun or interesting it is "dada." If something is round it is a "ball." He tries to imitate everything we say and typically gets the amount of syllables right. He can say "apple," "bye-bye," "boo" (book), "eeese" (cheese), "duh" (for all done), "up," "dow" (down), "bubble" (which labels all water) "booboo," (although he really doesn't get what it means) "ha" (hot, head, hat--depending on the context) and a host of other sounds that don't always have a word connection.
He can understand way more than he can say and if we ask him to go to his chair, he will drag a chair into the room. The other night I told him to get his yellow dump truck and he brought it right over. This leads me to think he understands the meaning of the word "no" even if he doesn't listen all the time when we tell him.
He can "baa" like a sheep, "ooo" like a cow, "woof" like a dog, "cluck" like a chicken (or bird) and "vroom" like a truck. He nods his head yes and no, although the nod doesn't always match the request.
Our favorite sounds are by far his squeals of laughter and delight. He seeks out tickles from his parents and gets a kick out of his silly dogs.
We love watching and hearing him learn how to talk We are both looking forward to listening to his language really explode over the next few months.
Coming tomorrow...a few of Ben's favorite things.
I love the squeals too!!
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