Words

Cooper has started to babble in a very advanced way- he forms complete syllables and mixes and matches them. His favorite sounds are dah, deh, sss, and nah. Sometimes he branches out into other sounds like gah, grah, eeh, dee, and yah.

The reason I mention the sounds specifically is that sometimes, randomly, he ends up making an actual word. Often these words pass by without notice in the general flow of babble, but sometimes he says them in isolation with very funny effect.

Today he picked up an empty tissue box (a favorite toy), looked at it, and clearly exclaimed, "Dude!" Well, he said doo-deh. But it really sounded like dude.

Yesterday Matt was changing his diaper and Cooper was chattering away. Suddenly Cooper declared, "Gross!" so loudly that I could hear him from downstairs (groh-sss). Matt busted up laughing and said, "I hear that, buddy."

Most of the time he just says the same thing over and over again. Dah dah dah dah dah is the most common, with nah nah nah being second favorite. Sadly, he almost never makes an "em" sound, which means that my desire to hear ma-ma is looking like it will need to wait a while.