Arthur Speaks

Arthur is a very communicative baby.  Since he was a few months old, he has loved to make and repeat sounds, but now that he is almost 14 months, he's a non-stop babbling machine.  He "talks" constantly, and what's more, he accompanies his babbling with dramatic hand gestures.  Sometimes he'll even grab your face or clothing to force you to listen to whatever he's talking about.

Unfortunately, he's also recently taken to shouting to get people's attention, but at least when he's done shouting he'll "shush" himself again.  (Apologies that this video isn't rotated, I'm sorting out some technical difficulties with my video editing software.)

In addition to all the shouting, babbling, and gesticulating, he has learned quite a few new real words, including "ball," "boat," "cake," and the phrase "what's that, Mama?" which he employs (with pointing) whenever he sees something that interests him.  Of course, he still calls all animals "doggie" and pretty much all food "nana," so he's still got some work ahead of him.