Language Development

"Rabble Rabble?"

"Rabble, Rabble."

Caleb has become very proficient in a large number of things. I of course believe him to be motorically gifted as he moves pretty quickly has a strong interest in things that roll or bounce, and can really wing toys across a room. He seems to enjoy reading books, acknowledges commands (even if he doesn't obey), dances better than most adults, and can communicate fairly well with a very small vocabulary. I say he has a small vocabulary because I can't understand most of what he says. He is at the point that he makes "words and sentences" complete with intonation and inflection; however he says very little that I can understand. Kelly vouches for the fact that she understands some of his babblings but I cannot verify that he is truely saying much more than the standard DADADADA and MAMAMAMA.

I cannot say for sure which advertising exec came up with the gimmick behind the McDonalds characters back in the day, but I am pretty sure that the Hamburglar and Caleb speak the same language. Full of phrases, sentences (both interrogative and declarative), many exclamations, and other gems. In the end; however, all I hear is Rabble Rabble!