language

Today Justin said "I love you" to me and Tom. And neither one of us had said it to him, it came out of nowhere. He has such a huge vocabulary for his age. But like Leanna, he's not a show-off. He tends not to use it in front of other people. I remember telling my uncle that Leanna could count to 14 when she was about 18 months old. Naturally she wouldn't do it in front of him and I end up looking like a stage mother(pushing my kid to do stuff). At home she would do it all the time!
You can see he is really trying to pick up on language. He tries to repeat phrases and words, and does pretty good. For example, I told Leanna to be quiet, I was trying to make a doctor's appt. for her brother. And Justin starts saying, "doctor, doctor, doctor!"
My sister Laura pointed out that Justin says "loadie" a made up word that Leanna used to say when she was younger too. She hasn't used for a long time, so for Justin to come out with the same made up word without ever hearing it......that's kind of neat. He even repeats it several times in a row the way she used to.
It's pretty interesting to see language developing, and to see how it develops differently in different children.