Joining Daddy on his latest interest

Ca-ter-pil-lar

Your first four-syllable word is caterpillar. Your development thrills me and your mum. In the last couple of days you've started using "another" (pronunciation will improve yet) and love talking about the bridges over the Thames you've been to. "Number 17 bus London Bridge" is a favourite little phrase of yours after successive weekend visits to the river.

Creative

You are 20 months old. After your bath today, you wanted the sponge. When I gave it to you while your mummy was drying you, you squeezed it in the middle and said "ba". "Ba" is the Mandarin word for 8, which a squashed-in-the-middle sponge looks like. However, you still say "ba" for a butterfly, which I've been trying (especially in the last couple of days) to get you to say the whole word for (and you've done so very well). I asked whether you meant "butterfly" and you replied "ocho" (Spanish for 8). You are not only multilingual and creative, but able to adapt to what you understand my perception of what your understanding is.
Your mum has called you a genius for a long time. I have been more cautious (babies learn lots and fast). Today I thought your mum could well be right. You can count to 10 in 4 languages and know colours and body parts in the same. We use your the names of your "teachers" to get you to speak different languages. For example, "What colour is the sofa?" "ojo" (your "R" is not very good, yet). "Ayaka (your Japanese teacher) iu to?" and you answer "aka". We just need to keep the stimuli going. You are doing amazingly, son.

Kick ball

Your first verb and object combination.

Rock the Alphabet

RongJu

Your mum has pretty much settled on a Chinese name for you, meaning "flourishing wisdom" because you're so smart, our multilingual son.

Natural History Museum