Speech development and singing in the tub

The last few months have been quite fun from the standpoint of speech development. Shay's vocabulary has been steadily growing as he becomes increasingly verbal. It was quite a relief to venture beyond the age appropriate "NO" response to everything. Even the proverbial "No" was typical of Shay as he would invariably tell you "I can't not want to" whenever he decided he disliked the current state of affairs. Last week my "daddy day care" speech therapy class' came into question when Melanie was putting him to bed and he began whispering "shit" and "damn" into mommies ear. I tried my best to deflect these accusations onto others but to no avail. While he has always loved being read to the last few weeks have been....well interesting to say the least. In the past he would grab a book and your finger then pull you to a clear spot on the floor to read the book he chose. Now he will grab as many books as possible, have you carry them, then grab another armful before heading off to his pre-determined reading spot. It is quite fun and has been a wonderful experience as both my kids have always loved being read to. Alyssa now devours books and is hard to stop for any reason. Quite often she will get into a book and forget to eat. Shay has even started to memorize more and more songs that sung to him. Last night after dinner he was in his carseat singing "twinkle, twinkle little star, I know where you are." When left to his own devices he sings quite often. Which is nice, since I believe that when he is singing he really cannot be plotting my demise!