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The Life & Times of SPL · 2005-2013

Hmph.

This month continues to be about walking and communication – not so much words still (though he uses "mama", "dada", ball, and "da" (doggie) with regularity), but identification of objects, sounds, what’s happening/what we’re observing going on around us. 

The one clear expression that has come up is "hmph."  Sam, especially at mealtime, uses the sound "hmph" to indicate the affirmative — as in "Do you want some milk, Sam?"  "Hmph."  Silence, on the other hand, is his "no."

The stages of development just keep getting more and more interesting.