Despite Mom’s skepticism, I think that Charles is finally starting to use language. He’s certainly starting to understand more complex sentences. We were waiting downstairs the other day and I said “Charles, we need to get you dressed”. He immediately got happy and took off for the stairs. It’s probably just memorization of stock phrases, but it’s a start. I think that he’s also starting to use “this” and “that” to refer to things. This morning his sippy cup was empty and so he handed it to Dad and said “sumwah moah”, which I think was his rendition of “some more”. Charles also uses “uh-oh” in appropriate circumstances as well. The biggest break through I think he’s had recently is the concept of words being used to communicate, which is why his understanding of words is important.