Babies actually say “goo” – who knew?

Alexander is pretty well recovered from his visit with Dr. Pokeman (Get it? Shots? Pokey? Huuh?? Funny? Yes? No? Hello? Is this thing on?)

Alexander has been cooing for a while, but in the last week he has been getting much more insistent and is already learning to ramble on and on and on and on (like his mother). His favorite vowel is the letter “o” as in “ooooooooo” and “wooooo” and sometimes just “goo”. Yes, he lives up to baby stereotypes and actually says “goo”. I didn’t expect that. I mean, our cats don’t actually say “meow” and pigs don’t say “oink” and giraffes don’t say “welcome to Toys R Us”.

But babies actually do say “goo-goo”. And, yes, it is ridiculously adorable. I have found if I repeat what he says, the result is a very very amused baby. He gets excited, gives a huge smile and sometimes laughs. He’s just thrilled to be having a conversation (and, yeah, so is mom). While neither one of us knows what we are talking about, I have to say these are the most meaningful exchanges I’ve ever had.

Here’s a little snippet of Alexander ‘talking’ with grandma. I haven’t gotten very good video of him cooing yet because it is always too adorable to walk away from and get a camera. (You have to listen carefully to hear him cooing at the beginning of the video.)


We had a visit from Amy last weekend, and here is a picture of him talking with her. Yar.


And just for kicks, here is a picture of the boy being forced to wear a goofy hat.