Your number 25 reminds me so much of my daughter at this age. She was say “That?” so “S’that?” (like “what’s that?”) and point to EVERYTHING. She wanted to know the names for everything, which could get old since she would point to every drawer in a dresser lol but I wouldn’t trade those memories for anything! Thanks for reminding me of those times

My son’s speech was something else entirely. He started speaking very young, words with all the soft sounds, like “fish” and then all of a sudden, he just stopped. He came out of the other room around that time with a pen in his hand, crying, and holding his ear, and we think he damaged his ear drum. He did have diminished hearing on that side quite some time later when we could finally get an MD to listen to our concerns. (People tend to say “Boys just talk later” and then their speech delays go undiagnosed for longer)

Anyway, this is a GREAT time! You can actually watch their brains develop more every day! Language development is totally my favorite stage, especially when they can finally start telling you when something’s wrong.

The bestest best part? When they start saying “I love you” TOTALLY makes pregnancy/etc worth while