Does he talk?

At his cousin's house, he picked this up immediately.

His hair got so long in the last month or two.

Watching his brothers jump on the trampoline.  (Before the cold snap, obviously!)

The boys were taking a selfie.

(After his haircut) He was saying "Amen" here after prayers for my cousin.

People often ask me if Roman talks and I've always told them no, but he does say some words.  Here is a list of his current words as far as I have kept track of.

Mama (at 6 months old in hospital after heart surgery.  I have lots of witnesses 😉)

Dada

Hannah

Luna* with sign for dog

Genna

Judah

Isaac

Night night

Yay*

Bye (usually says with d sound)

Bubba (what he calls his pacifier) with sign

Bubbles with sign

Pop

Help with sign*

Up with sign*

Down (usually just the d sound) with sign*

On 

Off

Light with sign

Shirt

Shoes with sign

Shhh with sign

Amen with folded hands

Book with sign*

Please with sign

Cheese with sign and a smile 😉

Juice with sign

Bed with sign

All Done with sign

In case you lost count that is a whopping 28 words, and I'm probably forgetting some.  Unfortunately, many of them are difficult to understand if you're not in his daily life.  Also some of these words he will repeat for us but will not use spontaneously.  I put a star next to the ones he consistently uses spontaneously, on his own without prompting.  I often have to tell him to "turn on his voice" if he is signing something he knows how to say.  That is a phrase the speech therapist uses.  He has more than double this amount of words in signs.  He picks up signs crazy fast, but because he lacks the dexterity many of them look similar and we have to use context to distinguish them.

Favorite book: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Newest accomplishment: drinking from a hard twisty straw, the twisty part makes it harder to suck.  So his cheek muscles have to work harder.

Biggest Struggle: Eating, specifically, any actual solids even dissolvables if not mixed with smooth baby food

Health:  currently on antibiotics for a suspected sinus infection on the heels of the antibiotics for strep throat.