First Word!

Well, Odin still had a fever yesterday, but then he developed this whole-body rash thing so we took him in again. It turned out to be Roseola which basically means he has a whole-body rash, but it's usually associated with a 7 to 10 day fever, and Odin only had a fever for 3 or 4 days so his immune system must be pretty good.

He's still got it today but it's not as rashy; mostly he's all bumpy and blotchy but there's no actual rash like thing going on.

Also, he's got his first official word. And by that, I mean we showed him something and taught him what it is and he picked up on it. There are Star Wars posters in our hallway and I always take Odin in there for 10 minutes periodically throughout the day and tell him who is in them. His favorite is one of R2-D2 and C-3PO. So I pointed at them as usual, only this time I went really slow because I know he's really trying to talk now, and he pointed at R2-D2 and said "bah-too-deh-too!" So that's his first word! It's the first thing he's learned from us and repeated.

He calls me "dah-dah" all the time, but I don't think that's because we taught him the word. "Dah" was the first thing he was able to say as his mouth developed, and he started doing "dah-dah" and then I'd respond and repeat it so I think he developed that as a designation for me, but R2-D2 is the first word he learned to associate with something, I think "dah-dah" is just something he's learned he can use to get my attention, just like he knows to say certain things or cry certain ways to tell us he wants to be picked up or needs food or is bored.