yeah

Dylan,

I expected (and I guess I still do) that you would learn the word "no" and use it as a refrain of toddler self-determination.

For now you've taken a more positive approach.

You answer every question put to you with "yeah". Or "yuh". Or "ya". And while I may not have the spelling down just right, it isn't spoken as something that sounds like a word, it comes instead as a sudden, very and-I-mean-it real slice of honest-to-goodness vocabulary.

You'll interrupt your whining or babbling to say it, crisp and clear. And you'll usually nod your head and maybe repeat it once or twice for emphasis.

And you really seem to understand what it means, though you surely aren't always understanding the question asked.

Word.

Dad