MJ is clearly relishing his ability to talk and communicate. He was a pretty good signer, which was a godsend when he wanted more of something or he wanted to go outside. Perhaps more importantly, Maki and I think sign language made MJ realize that he could communicate with us and this motivated him to sign and speak.
MJ signed: more, change, mama, dada, please (very popular), bath, music, eat, milk, thank you (very popular), bye bye.
Today, as MJ's verbal skills improve seemingly every day, he's abandoning signing and talking -- a lot.
He calls Grandpa Tak "pa"
He calls Grandma Linda and Grandma Josie "ma"
He calls CJ "ceej"
He calls Goring "yaya"
He knows how and when to use outside, upstairs and downstairs.
Interesting, he never asks for food. He just points at food and says "um." He will ask for "wa" (water).
He's starting to string together words to form simple sentences. CJ gets a little offended because MJ's sentences sound like orders. He likes to say "read books," "sit down" and "come back."
He just loves, loves trucks of all kinds. He likes to say fire truck, dump truck and digger.
He's starting to copy us when we say words slowly or read simple books.
My friends Alyson and Kathleen, who see him every few weeks, say that MJ's verbal skills seem to be increasing by leaps and bounds. I know that this is the age when communication skills really blossom and it's been so fun to watch and help MJ learn to communicate with us using language.
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