Ivan shows he is recognizing words. If I ask if he wants up, he will lift his arms and look up. If he’s grumpy in his high chair and I say, “Do you want more?” He settles before I actually produce more food for him. He will sing back to you when sung too in the right mood.

Eric reports he also will play nom – a game in which Eric pretended to eat him while making nom-nom-nom noises, then Ivan pretended to eat Eric making his own approximation of nom noises.