Let the talking begin

Jonas has been saying so many new words lately.

The other day, Jeremiah was telling him, "Lets go to the store, let's go hang out together." A few seconds after Jeremiah had said, 'lets go,' Jonas mimicked him by saying in a beautiful, angelic voice, "go." We looked at each other, eyebrows raised in amazement.

Jeremiah: (Tapping me on the leg) "Did you hear him? He just said, "go."
Me: "Yeah, I heard him! (With a huge grin on my face)

It's the coolest thing to hear our little man speak.

I remember waiting patiently for him to say mama. He would say ‘dada’ all the time and I didn't mind. What can I say? The boy loves his daddy. But now, he has learned how to say mama. Oh, what joy he has brought me.

If he is in his baby walker and wants to be picked up, I’ll hear a sweet little voice say, “baby, mama” and then again, “baby, mama”. He lets me know baby needs mama. How beautiful is that?

I watched a video about a study being done on how babies learn to talk. When they hear familiar words, an area in their brain called Broca's Area, the part responsible for speech, tells them, "Hey, I can say this word."

My little Jonas' Broca's area has been working hard these days.

Just this afternoon, my dad was asking Jonas for a kiss. He kept saying, "Give me a kiss Jonas." Then, Jonas said, "ki". My dad was so happy.

Pretty soon, he'll be saying, "Mom, dad, can I borrow the car?" Wait a minute, maybe I don't want him to talk.