Talking

I just can't get over how quickly Liam is learning to talk. Now even strangers can pick up some of the words he says. A friend and I were marveling at the ability of our 2ish-year-olds to learn words so quickly. We were also mourning the loss of baby talk. Some of my favorite baby talk words that have been replaced by grown-up words include: Mama and Dada - now Mommy and Daddy; and neigh neighs and baa-baas - now horse and sheep. He does still call a seahorse a "ee-orse" in a strange nasally voice. Not sure how that happened.

Last week I was awestruck when Liam was able to tell me about an incident at school and that his tummy hurt. Liam was bit by another child at school one day and Liam told me all about it in the car on the way home. He even named the perpetrator! His first tattle! He also told us over dinner one night that his tummy hurt - which should have been fair warning for the clean-up we had to do later that night. It really is amazing how his language, memory and self awareness are developing!