Mateo’s development, perhaps just like in other babies, is simply phenomenal. From a blabber and imitator, he’s graduated to be a full-pledged communicator - able to listen, understand and talk back to us. He now has a clear set of words for objects, events and people around him. Sometimes if I’m lucky, I could really understand what’s he’s trying to point out or say (except of course the easy words like mama, or dada, or ball which I consider to be given). You see, the only real problem now is his pronunciation. But aside from that, Mateo’s progress as a communicator is undeniable.
In fact, he has now learned to express refusal and affirmation by nodding or saying nonono! He even accompanies his words with distinct facial expressions in an attempt to make his messages more visual than auditory. Even his choice of toys is slowly changing from the types that are usually played alone to the types played by groups or teams.
He’s slowly turning from the totally dependent shy boy to a social and more congenial kid. Huhuhu! I’m not completely sure if I should be happy or sad about it!