Evan really has picked up on his talking recently. However, like all the kids at this stage, some of his pronunciations are not there yet and he mutters lot. So quite often I can not understand what he is trying to say and if I do not give him the responses he expects he will just keep on repeating the same sentence until I get it or he gets very frustrated and cries.

It is very hard to fool him as well with vague responses like “yeah”, “ah-ha” or “I got it”. So to avoid the crying fiasco, I rely a lot on Olivia to help me out. “Olivia, could you please let me know what your brother is saying?” To my surprise, she gets eighty percent of them which is pretty amazing. She is like my ultimate resort. 

Today is one of those days. Olivia prevented another crying episode from Evan when I could not figure out what he was asking in the playroom as I was simply clueless. I tried all the combinations there were and still did not get it; Evan became frustrated and started to cry.  So I had to ask “Olivia, do you know what he is saying?” After she saved me again, Olivia said to me: “Mommy, you are very lucky to have a daughter who knows what your son is talking about”.

I sure am, honey.