On a lighter note than the barfy illness… Alex is doing a lot of talking now, and is starting to understand a lot of words. He is also imitating us more and more. As we were playing upstairs earlier on, I put my hands over my eyes to play peek-a-boo, and he immediately put his hands over his eyes! Very cool. I think the imitating is also helping him pick up the words more quickly.

Words he really knows the meaning of, and can say and point out:

• Bye!
• Ba (ball)
• Nana (banana)

Words he can say, but hasn’t really completely connected with the real world thing:

• Mama
• Dada

Words he knows the meaning of, and can point out, but not yet say:

• Nose
• Mouth
• Ear
• Foot
• Head
• Tummy