Karim, go get a book!

I wrote my first blog entry over 4 months ago, and it seems that  Karim's receptive skills have improved so much that now I notice what he doesn't understand as opposed to what he does. Still, I was amazed a couple of weeks ago when, sitting in the living room, I asked him to go get a book . He had no context to go by and no previous experience quite similar to this one, but he walked into his playroom and returned shortly thereafter with a book that he handed me to read to him. Pretty amazing if you ask me.  

'Bah!' [finger pointing]

Karim is still in the very early stages of his productive language skills. At the moment, his favourite word is 'bah' and usually, but not always, refers to a ball, or rather 'balle' in our household. He uses the same sound for his farewells, short for 'baye-baye'. Or for something he wants to draw our attention to. Yep... 'bah', especially when it comes with a little tiny pointing finger, turns out to be a hell of a good communicative strategy... Karim gets pretty much what he wants when he 'bahs' away. 

I should try it next time Yasser leaves the dishes on the countertop. Or when I find the brand new car that I am shopping for right now. You never know... Maybe it will entice the sales guy to give me a better deal. But then again, it's not so cute when I do it.