NEW WONDERS

Nate has become very interesting lately. He’s started connecting more words with objects without our prompting. Today he pointed to his applesauce so I said “That’s applesauce”. Then he pointed up to a painting of fruit that my dad did and he said “Apple!” I’ve never talked to him about that painting before so I was surprised he made that connection.

He’s aquired a new favorite word…”No”. However, it’s more of a cute “No”…sort of like if someone were to ask you something and you had to think about it for a moment and then politely said “No I don’t think so”. It cracks me up every time but I know it won’t be cute when he turns 3. I didn’t think he really understood the meaning behind it until I tested him on a few things. Like when he smelled messy and I asked “Did you poop in your diaper?” He looked at me a moment and said “No”. I checked any way and sure enough, he was right. Or another time I thought his Baby E show was about over so I said, “Hey your show’s almost over”. He thought a moment and said “No.” He was right…it had a couple more minutes to go. He also likes to tell Harvard “No.” and then he’ll add “Giiiiiit” in a drawn out low voice. It’s pretty funny. This kid’s smarter than I thought. Ha!

He talks constantly and I mean CONSTANTLY, going over the real words he knows, babbling nonsense words as though he were really carrying on a conversation with us, or repeating everything we say whether it’s a word or grunt. I’ll have to record his mealtime conversations with me. I listen intently and respond even though I have no idea what he’s saying. haha.