Talky Bear

Logan is adding a lot of words lately. He's still at the point where you can't rely on him to say things, but, he is saying real stuff a lot more often. He babbles a lot tho, and it worries me because there's this two-year-old in his daycare who speaks in some type of homemade Nell-language most of the time, and I'm afraid he's teaching it to Logan.

He often says "yay!" when he claps.

He also says "yeah," usually when he likes something that's happening. He doesn't say it, like, when you ask him to do something or whatever. Which you pretty much can't, he still does what he wants most of the time. He's very willful. He will sometimes come over if you ask him to come over, and he will sometimes stop whatever he's doing if you tell him "no," but not very often. I think he gets that from Uncle Jason.

Once in a while he says "baby," pretty much at random. The Nell-talker at daycare says it a lot, I'm sure that's where he picked it up.

He does still say "book" and "done," too. But those are sort of out of fashion right now.

He is saying "mama" more and more, and in the same way he says "daddy," which is to say, he will just say it over and over and over during the day. Though, if one of us puts him down for a nap or sleep, he will generally repeat the name a bit before he falls asleep. He also says those words when he wakes up. He will call Steve "daddy" to get his attention or as a greeting. He almost never does that with me even though he knows I'm "mama." Very rarely, he also says "mommy." If you ask him where mommy is or daddy is, he will look at the right person, or point. His pointing is getting much better, too. He points things out and then I tell him the name of the thing, or hand it to him if it's something he's allowed to play with.

I think he's also starting to say "door." But generally he says it about the car door. He is obsessed with doors currently, tho. I'm sure he'll put it together.

When he waves goodbye, he says "bye" or "bye-bye." Occasionally, he will also say "hi" but not nearly as dependably as "bye," which is probably the word he says most now, besides "daddy" and "mama."

I've also heard him say "blue," but that is still up for debate. He supposedly points out Blue the dog on a book for his Bubbe. She tried to show me but it was not happening. I've witnessed him say it about a cup and a ball. But, those could be coincidences. Dunno yet.

He also still does his little "oh!" and "mmm!" and "ah!" sounds, and they are still super cute. Along the same lines, he will make a "hmm" or "eh" baby grunting sound towards things, us, directions, etc., when he's trying to convey something to us, like to ask us to pull the carpet fuzz off his hands, or that he wants more Cheerios.

I am probably leaving something out but this post is long and those are the highlights.