ba!

Jamey is practicing sounds lately. His new one, and if you get the tone correctly when repeating it back to him will make him repeat it ad nauseum, is ba. Or sometime a-ba.

I catch him crawling down the hall in search of the dog food bowl saying "ba" about every 8 seconds or so (I had to do it to myself just now to get the timing down). I'll scoop him up, look him in the eye, and wait for him to say it again.

'ba.' says he.

'ba.' says I getting a raised eyebrow from him.

'ba?' he says.

'Ba!' I reply

I have to be careful here, I don't want too much enthusiasm, that just distracts him.

'A-ba!' he challenges.

'a-ba' I reply.

This goes on for minutes at a time. Until the center of his world (his big brother) comes into the room. Then I can't keep Jameys attention.


Dave ...