Major Developments

Until just last week, Sean would only eat thoroughly pureed baby foods. He rejected foods with any other texture. But I followed the doctor's orders and continued to put finger foods in front of him on the highchair, and a few days ago, something clicked in Sean's mind. He picked up the pieces of cereal and ate them. Since then he has snacked on pieces of bread, cookies, crackers and teething biscuits. He is still iffy about soft pieces of fruits and vegetables, but I bet he'll come around quickly.

He also said his first "real" word, cat. Now he says "dada" all the time and "moma" sometimes, but those sounds don't just describe people, he also uses them to express emotions and he babbles them all the time. But it was different with the word "cat." We were playing on the floor and Oscar came up behind me. Sean saw him and clearly said "cat." He does it all the time when he first spots one of the cats. He understands what a cat is, he doesn't use it to mean other things, he doesn't just mimic someone else saying it, and it isn't part of his babbling. That's why I think "cat" was Sean's first real word.