This morning I said to Leo, "wave bye-bye to Daddy" and he did! Up until now we thought he had just been copying us, but he obviously understands what the phrase 'wave bye bye' means! How exciting is that?
For a good while now he has shown comprehension of "Where is..." by looking around - e.g. when you say "Where's Bonzo" he'll look at the back door that Bonzo uses to come in (and out, and in, and out, and in, and out - and that's just in a two minute period); if Bonzo is actually in the room he'll point and smile and say "Bah!" (which is his word for pretty much everything, pure coincidence that it begins with the same sound as Bonzo). Also "Can I have..." - he will give you whatever he's got, if in the mood! Usually I hold my hand out, I should make a point of saying it without the hand to see if he understands without the visual cue. He also knows "train" (we live close to a station and one our regular walks takes us alongside the railway line so we see and hear a lot of them) and will lean forward in his pushchair and crane his neck to look at the line if you say "there's a train" / "where's the train" / "is there a train coming."
He makes a lot of talky noises (s0metimes when holding a book as if reading aloud, which is very cute), and shouts quite a lot, but no recognisable words as yet. Lots of pointing, lots of inflection and emphasis on particular noises as he tries to communicate. He says mum-mum-mummmm when hungry, tired or poorly, (he had a stinking cold and chest infection last week, bless, still has the cough and snots) but I'm not sure whether he's actually saying Mum or it's just a whingey noise. I wonder if all babies make this noise when whingey and that's where Mum / Mama / Maman comes from?
