Brags

Every child has his strengths and weak nesses; one of Baby Will's primary strengths has been his ability to speak since he was a tiny wee minky. From the beginning, he picked up on, internalized and then repeated every subtlety of speech. It wasn't "ball". It was "It's a ball".  It wasn't "water". It was "I want a drink of water please." He's been a full-sentence kind of guy since about 9 months old. At 16 months he was singing the entire alphabet song, and now at 21 months, we have the joy of just conversing with him and it's hilarious! Talking to a baby! Who knew? (Should "blogs" be called "brags"??)  BUT..... the ability to express all of one's two-year-old angst about life isn't always such a great thing. SO much about the world, he straight out disagrees with and he let's us know. For instance, last week in the car I said to him, "Will, look out your window - it's raining!" He came back with "NO! It's NOT RAINING!" Just go with it, buddy. Don't fight it. It's weather.....Or "Here's your chicken noodle soup, baby" is retorted with "NO! It's not chicken noodle soup! IT'S NOODLES!" Notice the volume, the passion, the conviction. This kid has the world DOWN at 21 months. It's probably a good thing that his older brothers have taught him to hold his own physically, because if he keeps up the verbal spats, he will definitely have to defend himself a few times. He is an absolute gem; this short post doesn't at all illustrate his quiet, sweet, shy side.......I guess I just introduced him with the Brags......it's a mom thing.