He's Bloomin' Like an Onion

Sean has been improving by leaps and bounds in the talking arena.  He adds words everyday and imitates sounds left and right.  Now, his pronunciation isn't perfect and he has trouble with initial consonant sounds, but the pace of his improvement is really fantastic.  Some of the words he uses spontaneously to express his needs or wants, some he uses only when he sees a visual prompt, and others he merely imitates.  I'm sure there are more that have only popped out once or twice.  He has also picked up a whole bunch of signs as well.

Here is a list of words and sounds we have heard in the last week.  The ones in bold are words that he uses spontaneously.

A-ay, ah

B-bob, ball, bee, banana ("nanana"), bye-bye, baby, buzz

C-cup, cat ("tat"), cool, cookie ("cook")

D-Dad, do, dee, dog ("gog")

E-eat ("ee")

F

G-ga-ga, go, goat

H-ha

I-"i"

J

K

L

M-moo

N-nah, nee

O-oh

P-pee, piano ("iano"), pop, poop

Q

R

S-shhh, school

T-tee

U-"ue," uh

V

W-water (wa-wa), woof-woof

X

Y

Z

And I am completely taking advantage of his willingness to learn words by teaching him "I love you."  He knows he likes to hear me say it to him and he knows I like to hear him say it.  He's getting close.  We end our nights with "i wuv ew."  It's great.

He Loves School

Sean has a pretty set routine in the mornings.  He gets up, drinks a cup of milk and wanders around the house reacquainting himself with all his favorite things.  Eventually, he gets impatient and starts searching me out with an expectant look on his face, sometimes holding the TV remote. I ask him what he wants and he responds "Bob," for Bob the Builder.  It's one of the few words he uses regularly so we make him ask by name.

Imagine my surprise this morning when I asked what he wanted and he responded "school."  I was almost in tears when I had to explain that today was not a school day.  He took it well, though, and settled for some Bob on the TV.

Papaw, you wondered how long until he asked to go to school.  The answer was just a little over a month.