All you need is blub

[zonewombat]

Mal's 15 months in a week, so I've been fussing again about his stunning lack of talking...I mean, he talks ALL. THE. TIME. Just in Mal words, not English (or Greek) words. He has a word for "cat" that is occasionally applied to dogs and pigeons walking on the ground. He has a word for "good" or "interesting." He has a word for "Bored now." But, you know, I need something to obsess about, so his refusal to say "hi" or "bye" or "mama" is it.

Except.

He says "blub" a lot to me, and I thought it was just a noise until today at lunch, when I did my standard "Love love love!" to him. And he came right back, same pitch and cadence, with "Blub blub blub!"

So maybe?