Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Language explosion

All of a sudden, Avram's language is exploding. For quite a while, he has had this little language of his own. He walks around the house babbling away -gebee, bebbe, hebedebee, goobybabby, goojee... and so on. He has used some words consistantly - mama, dada, brahber (brother), bahbah (bottle), ball, kitty. In the last 3 days, he has suddenly added picaboo, oh-oh, bahbee (pacifier), doggy, hi, more and cheese. (hee hee) He gets this big toothy grin when he matches the right word for the moment - he is so proud of himself.

He really is still a wild little guy. For some reason, he can not eat anything messy without completely smearing it in his hair. He literally massages whatever it is into his face and scalp. Whenever he eats pasta sauce - his whole face is stained an orangy red for the rest of the day and his hair slowly turns stiffer and stiffer after eating yogurt. He can barely sit still for a second - he is always going and going. One positive note, is that he has suddenly become slightly more cuddly. He is usually way too busy to cuddle. The last few days he has curled up on my lap at least twice a day for at least 5 minutes. Yes, it is still only 5 minutes but that is lightyears compared to his usual. So I will cherish those moments and steal all the kisses I can on those pudgy cheeks!