Elliot has begun pointing. At everything. All the time. He started last week, and now it seems near constant. He will point at something, and make a little "uh?" noise (it's very cute). Much of the time he says "buh," which is his word for both ball and thing. At least we think that's what he means. We tell him what the object in question is (if we can figure it out), and he often tries to repeat us. Gary noticed last night that he will often try to figure out if two similar objects are the same. For instance, he has lots of animals in his room (stuffed ones and pictures). He pointed to a stuffed giraffe first, and after Gary told him what it was, he immediately pointed to a picture of a turtle (both are brown and spotted).
The biggest problem I'm having with this new behavior is that I don't always know what he's pointing at. Is it the window, or the tree outside the window? Is it the picture on the wall, the wall itself, or maybe the ceiling (his hand isn't always very steady!) I figure with enough repetition he will figure out the difference between the fridge and the cabinets, but I can see where he might be confused for awhile.
Posted by Jen at July 20, 2006 07:30 AMOne day he figured out that things had names, and now he wants to learn them all, immediately.
I wonder whether the flash happened while he was awake or whether he just got up one morning knowing this. I guess you'll never know.
Posted by: Jessica at July 23, 2006 06:31 PM