He Speaks (his first full sentence!)

Well after waiting for what seemed like forever we are finally venturing into the land of verbal communication. For months all Jack said was mommy, daddy, and doggy. At his 18 month check up his Dr. gave me a referral for a speech therapist, just in case. Of course I never called. I just honestly didn't think it was necessary and strongly disagree with this current time-table that our babies and toddlers seems to be measured against in today's society. What happened to, all children develop in their own way, in their own time? Seriously, at every doctors visit I have felt this enormous pressure to move him along to the next step, which in reality meant forcing him on to the next step, because he simply was NOT ready. In the end, mommy knows best, or at least in this instance. At 19 1/2 months he is now coming out with a new word daily, as if he's known them all along but has now just decided to start saying them. That's my boy!

Some of my personal favorites of our new baby words:

Monkey- Nonkey
Banana- Nana
Barney- Narney
(no, not everything starts with an N)
Juice- Jute
Milk- Moke
Hi- Hi (that's easy)
Hello- Hewoe
Look- uke
Oobi- Boobi (cute, huh? And if you watch Noggin then you know Oobi is a word!)

Is that adorable or what?? Adorable. I thought so.

So up until a few days ago it's mostly been just one word. No sentences except to put Hi in front of something like...hi mommy, hi daddy, hi nana, hi jute
and so on.

Until...I go in to get him after his nap.

Mommy-"Hi Jack"
Jack-"Hi Mama"
(pick him up to and take him over to change him)
Mommy-"Did you have a good nap chicken-monkey?"
Jack-"Gaw ca-ca"
Mommy-"What?"
Jack-"Gaw ca-ca" (big smile)

(open the diaper and voila! We've...GOT CA-CA!) Yipee! P-you But still...YIPEE!

And no, I will not concede to the fact that this could very well be a freak use of sounds on his part. I'm am the mommy. And mommy knows best.