Aw Dah

Jake isn't one to sit and enjoy his meals - he's a picky eater and the faster he can get out of his booster seat, the happier he is. So when he recently started announcing "Aw Dah" when in his chair, I wondered: Is he really saying "All done"? Even if he is (maybe it's something he picked up from the older kids at daycare), he surely can't understand what it means. Hell, he still doesn't really say "Momma."

But then I realized he is in fact saying "All done" and he knows exactly what it means. Here are some examples:

When his strawberries are gone from his tray and all that's left are chicken nuggets and vegetables which he refuses to eat = "Aw Dah"

When I try to change his diaper = "Ah Dah"

When the pediatrician tried to take a look in his ears and mouth at his checkup = "Aw Dah"

When I try to hold him in my lap and put his shoes on = "Aw Dah"

And the best example, when I knew for sure? When I recently had to take his temperature rectally = "AW DAH AW DAH AWWWW DAHHHH!!!"

(Here he is riding the "roller coaster" at Gilroy Gardens)