Talking

Daniel is starting to talk a lot. When he came home to us, he said "Eomma" -- the Korean word for mother. He now says:

Mama

Dada (and sometimes Papa)

Nuna (Korean word for older sister to a boy -- Korean is rather specific)

baba -- bottle

bow-wow-wow (when asked what his puppy says)

done (when he is finished eating) -- it sounds like dah

Daphne (he says her name when he sees her in the morning and he calls to her at meal time.) -- it sounds like da (with a soft "a" sound)

pie -- (We've had a few pieces of pie in the last three months and we like to say, Piiiiiiiiiiie!)

Tonight as we were eating dinner, Daniel leaned to the side of his highchair, called "Da" and Daphne ran over and ate the ham right out of Daniel's hand. They both were rather pleased with one another and we were most impressed with Daniel (not so much with Daphne)!

I can tell when Daniel is trying to learn a new word. He looks at my mouth to see how I say the word. I say it several times, exaggerating the sounds. He then tries to shape his own lips and mouth to say the word. Sometimes it is a sound he can get and other times (like tonight with the word zipper) it is a sound that he is unable to say. It's pretty impressive and cute!