Kellybeans!

I still haven’t been able to identify any clear “first word” for Aiden.  Sure, he babbles his cute little butt off.  He’ll chant “mama” and “dada” non-stop, but I don’t think he’s truly referencing Jason or me.  Sometimes, by coincidence, it seems he’ll say mama while looking in my direction and O! The Rejoicing!  You’d have thought the kid had just won the Nobel Peace Prize for all the clapping and smiling and “What a smart boy!” complimenting that occurs.

He’ll also mimick our sounds.  If I read him his favorite book, Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs, he makes “duh, duh, duh” sounds the whole time.  If I say, “Mama” and point to myself, he’ll say “Meh.”  He’s well on his way to actually speaking, but there’s one thing (actually, two things) that gets in the way.

His pointer fingers.  This boy loves to point and grunt.  If I’m getting a glass of water and he wants some, he’ll say “eh” and point at the glass.  He is always pointing to things to make us notice whatever he’s focusing on.  We, of course, always name the object, and hope that it’ll sink in.

(By the way, he’s always pointing to his… um.. twig and berries.  He’s already obsessed with his own junk, and isn’t that just so classically male?  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to say, “P@ni$.  Yes, that’s your P@ni$.”)  (And let’s hope that clever spelling keeps the pervs away from this site, shall we?)  (I’m apparently happy to have people come here in droves to view my half naked pregnancy body and cookie porn and tales of waxing woes, but no P@ni$ allowed.)  (It’s my party and I’ll invite P@ni$ if I want to.)

And, damn, can I overuse parentheses or what?  Exhibit A: the above paragraph.  Moving on….

I was wondering if any of the pointing on Aiden’s part, and labeling on our part, was actually paying off.  So I tested him out to see if anything is actually sticking with him.  And guess what?  Have genius child.  Is gifted.  Send Harvard scholarship now!

I say the name of the object, and he will look and point to the object I named.  Here’s what he knows so far:

Dog

Cup

Light

Clock

Ball

Nose

A-I-D-E-N  (his wall letters… he loves when we spell his name for him)

There are other items that he only gets right some of the time, too. I am probably way too excited about this, but it is just so much fun to realize that what we are saying to him every day?  Is actually making sense to him!  And I bet it won’t be long before he starts telling us exactly what’s on his mind.