The words are coming. . and are accompanied by a touch of attitude!

Kieran's never been much of a talker. His sign language has always been fabulous, however. He easily signs things such as milk, more, eat, grapes, eggs, rice, cookie, book, shoes, dog, love, swing, diaper, bath, and several other words I'm not thinking of right now. He's always been very excited to learn new signs and loves that it often gets him what he wants.

"Mamma" came quickly, "dadda" did too but has been replaced with Ba for some reason. If I say, "Daddy's home" Kieran runs to the stairs, peers over and yells, "BA!!!" So it seems he really does know who daddy or dadda is but simply prefers to call him Ba.


Kieran said "uh oh" a long time ago but it never reappeared until a week ago. Now he says it every time something falls - even when he throws it. It's as if he gets it that we don't scold him for accidents (or 'uh ohs'.)

Sometime in July, Kieran developed a fascination with bubbles. We bought several bubble making toys and one day he just said it without prompting and hasn't stopped. He followed that up with "dirty" from a Dr. Seuss book on opposites. No interest in the word "clean" unfortunately. This is strange since he is very picky about the cleanliness of his home and often points out where I need to vacuum or where he or Durban have left a mess.

The video attached is from early August.

I was trying to get Kieran to speak on camera but was having no luck. I expected so much enthusiasm from him at the sound of the word bubbles and the reaction couldn't have been further from that. This is the first time he's said "NO" and it was in such a sarcastic and dismissive way that I couldn't help but laugh at him. It's as if you can tell he's rolling his eyes at me too.