Mostly, he babbles sounds like BA-BA-BA? BA-BA-BA! GA-GA-GA! DA-DA-DA!
Yesterday, he spoke his first word. It was pointed, obvious, and purposeful. It has been a while in coming, building with practice for the past few weeks.
You are curious, aren't you? What on earth was his first word... and why did he use it?
Well, if you ask Neb, he would tell you he was voting for Da-da. Me, I was hoping for Ma-ma... but I gave up on it when he only uttered that sequence once... DA-DA-DA was much more common.
We were both wrong.
Last night, I carried B-Boy upstairs to go to sleep. One of our two cats followed us up... I asked B-Boy "Do you see the Kitty?". Mango (one of the cats) then started to run back downstairs. I called after her from outside his room, and she came back upstairs. B-Boy took one look at her and said....
"Kit.... ty."
See, for the past few weeks, Mango has been taunting B-Boy. I believe she is the main reason he started crawling. She would sit just far enough away that he could not touch her, and when he crawled near, she would pick up her pace to stay ahead of him. He would follow her all around the room, and once in a while she would let him catch her. He would get one stroke of a petting, and then "Ptchow!" she would be off and out of reach. B-Boy would laugh and then start off after her.
Cassie, the other cat, has avoided B-Boy and has been mostly missing when he is around. Ironic, because she is always around when people visit, and Mango hides. One of my friends swore we only had one cat, as Mango was never seen when they would take care of them.
So there it is... B-Boy speaks. And yes Grandpa Gator (my Dad), B-Boy loves the kitties. Heh heh. But don't worry, he will NOT be a Yankees fan.
Here Kid...Kid...Kid.
