He's Talking!

This was originally written on Wednesday, June 17, 2009:

Logan has started talking!!! Or atleast, today he said his first word on demand!I've been waiting to count his first word until he actually said it on purpose - meaning, at appropriate times and on demand - so I haven't counted the standard "mama" or "dadda" until he says it TO us, trying to get our attention.

So what was the word?

"Uh-Oh!"

Totally not what I would have expected, haha. But he was eating in his high chair and he pulled his bib down and threw it on the ground. I said, "Uh-oh" and gave him the bib back. He threw it down again and I said "Uh-oh" again - and then he said it, too! As I mentioned awhile back, there have been times I wonder if he's saying dog, and even recently can't tell if it's a coincidence or not that he does babble "dadda" when Joe comes home - but since I haven't been able to get him to repeat these words when I ask him, I thought maybe this would be the same thing. Nope! When I asked him to say "uh-oh" again - he did! And the next time. And the next time. And the next time! When Joe came home later he said it to Logan and Logan did it with him, too. It's so cute - one day before his 14 month birthday! :) (According to babycenter.com, most babies start saying words on demand/true communication between 13 & 18 months; then sentences between 18 & 24 months.)

It will be fun to see what other words he starts picking up and saying on his own now that a switch has been turned in his brain, haha! I'm ready - even though I've tried off and on since 9 months old to teach him sign language, he has refused to learn. Just as, he can pretty much mimick anything - however most things he never does on command again after a few times; it's like he learns something and then gets bored and wants to move on! (I'm not sure what that means about his personality. . . He doesn't seem to thrive on praise & attention like I thought all kids his age.) A few things he'll do most every time (like a high five, wave, "so big," "where's your nose?") but mainly he has taught me HIS sign language (when he puts his hand in his mouth I know he's hungry). However, he does seem proud that he keeps saying uh-oh. . .so let the talking begin! :)

P.S. On another subject, in my post The Weaner, (a couple of months ago), I asked for prayers for a girl who went to my high school (here is her blog) because her baby, Micah, was diagnosed with lung cancer (it was found when he was admitted to the hospital for RSV in February). Good news: 1) The cancer was found to be stage 1 (which meant it was not in any other part of his body). 2) The entire mass in his lung was removed, the surgery 100% successful. They were told that the RSV saved his life. Had he not gotten it, they would not have known he had cancer and would not have caught it in time. But, they still need your prayers. It is thought that the reason for the cancer is because he has central congenital hypoventilation syndrome which is causing him to desat while sleeping and also poor swallowing abilities and silent reflux. Having this most often leads to SIDS babies - so another miracle that he got RSV because they wouldn't have known otherwise, but now he's on a monitor while sleeping and receiving supplemental O2 through a nasal cannula. They are still testing him to find out what needs to be done so as to overcome the CCHS and will be going to Chicago to be studied by experts. His last sleep study showed he is improving so praise God!