brigid | Communication (Reply)

Niko is slightly more outgoingly wordy than most kids his age, apparently, because people who have kids/are around kids who encounter him are surprised at his age and/or how much noise he makes and how much of his noise is recognizable as words. However, most of his communication is done in single words (not phrases), or gestures. I’m starting to regret not trying harder to teach him sign language, but we get by.

One of the things he does to let us know that he’s hungry is he’ll grab our board book “Good Night Moon,” and he’ll bring it to one of us. As we read it, he consistently points to the Bowl Full Of Mush and says “mmmm.” point, point, mmm. MMMMMM. mnyom nyom. MMMM. mmm. point. point point. MMMMMMM.

We get by.