Chatter chatter chatter

The months seem to be whizzing by! Justin is learning so many new things at an incredible pace, or so it seems to us. He is very vocal (ie loud) and verbal (ie baby talk), no new words as yet although every time he says "dada", Row's heart melts. Justin is trying his very best though to imitate and copy us when we say things, like the past few nights we've been steaming up the bathroom before his bath and we point at the steam by the lights and show him that you can't touch it but you can see it and we tell him that it's "steam". Tonight, before we had run his bath he took my hand and took me to the bathroom and started pointing at the lights and trying to say "steam". His communication skills are coming along, making his needs, likes and dislikes known to us; he definitely understands that shaking his head means "NO!" which he does quite often, like if he's had enough to eat and I ask if he would like more, he'll shake his head. Row asked Justin for his dummy and he got a very definite head shaking. We think he's also trying to say "No" because lately he's been saying "na, na, na"... oh boy, just waiting for the day he says it loudly and clearly. On occasion, like when there's strawberries involved, he'll try say "More" when asked if he would like another strawberry. He's also been trying to say "here" and "there" and seems to understand the difference. Whenever Justin sees a dog, he tries to say "wowo" and he'll say "mmmoo" when he says a cow. He also knows what sound an owl makes so when he sees an owl, he'll say "hoo hoo".

It is so amazing to see their language skills develop and they really do soak things up like sponges. We'll really have to watch what we say and more importantly, how we say it!