"OK"

Of course you can't discuss bye without discussing ok, because that's his newest thing. It's no wonder really. Whenever he's upset, all he hears is "it's ok" or "ok, time to go" or when putting on his coat "ok, next arm" or "ok, all done". This word has to be totally ingrained in his head. :)

So now he uses it in two ways. He uses it when he's upset, in an interesting attempt to calm himself. His little voice with lots of breaths saying "ok, ok" like he wants to tell himself he's ok.

But he also uses it when everything really IS "ok" for him. You tuck in his blanket when he's laying on the couch, "ok". Or give him what he wants and get "ok". And lately he has been using that at bedtime rather than "bye". But mom's persistant, so I always follow his "ok" with "bye" on my part. We go back and forth three or four times and then he finally says "bye" to me, I smile, tell him thank you, and head out to let him sleep.

And go figure if the sweetheart didn't tell me the other night "ank you" as I'm closing the door. :)