Short sentences

Neil has started to speak in short sentences. Some examples are ' Rajesh basaa' ( sometimes, 'Rajeshbasa'), 'Rajeeeesh, utal, light, buttton' , 'chiuchi chiuchi daa oo' ( chiutai chiutai daar ughad), 'Dol-lol-lai, chajz' ( roomba charge), kim haataa ( cream haataavar), 'daa bonda' /daa manda / daa anda ( daar banda.), ooti ek don teen (ushi padali / ushine udi marli)

Yesterday Rajesh was eating cheese sauce with his sandwich when Neil came and asked for a piece of 'paav'. Rajesh offered him a taste of the cheese sauce which he liked. Later he asked for more by pointing at the sauce and his plate saying ' te, ithe, aala aala aala', meaning "put it here".

He has become a chatterbox, he tries to immitate many of the words we say. Just about eight months ago, he could not say anything except "ba ba ba" and "ma ma ma..."

However he is developing a bit of "bobadepana". There are sounds he can make, but chooses not to. For example he could say "bbanda" with a very emphatic B. But now he says "nanda" or "manda". He could also say "Mona" but now he says "Nona". Vaijumavshi used to teach him how to say "Rrrrrrrajesh" because he always calls me "Jajesh". So he practices "TrrrrrRajesh"...