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.