I miss those days when my daughter would talk to me in her language at that age, and was always so serious. Her favorite words was bon bon, and e-shoey. My sons first word was S—, which he used quite often, specially when he would get stuck underneath a chair or our couch while he was learning how to crawl, but just pushed himself backwards. After a week or two of that, he found his own way to get around. He would rotate his right side in the direction he wanted to go, then roll. He never said S— again.

My nephew refused to say anything to anyone for the longest period of time, but one day we turned on the monitor and he was up there practicing! No lies, he was in his crib repeating the words he knew in random order like “Cow, shoes, Baby Shoes, Car, Daddy Car, Ca-coor, Poppa Ca-coor (Tractor), fish-y! Puppy, kitty, cow, Poppa cow!” It was so, so cute, and we never had anything to record it with!

Sometimes they like to hide their skills until later!