07/11/2025
Bean started speaking around the time he turned one, last October (2024).
This brief clip showcases his first word, which he now says as clearly as ever. He can say many other words but is very camera shy and has a sixth sense for knowing when I'm filming him.
Some of his favourites are "I love you", "coochie coochie coo", "cutie patootie", "corn" and "I like corn", and his all-time favourite is "Hey, Google", to list a few.
He has also figured out how to tell Google to stop the music. And sometimes he starts music when I'm on the phone or a virtual meeting.
He is a bit of a comedian. Just the other day, I was telling him "no" and he said it back to me (I swear he said it mockingly but that's probably just my imagination), and then he went ahead and repeated the unwanted behaviour anyway.
A few days later he was told "no" and still repeated the unwanted behaviour before looking at me and asking, clear as day, "Bean is good boy?" And yes, he knows the difference between "yes" and "no", he just conveniently chooses to only listen when he feels like it.
He says all of the words he knows in context. It's baffling at times. He is very intelligent. When he gets riled up I call him "psycho the birdie," which is much more apt a nickname for him than you're probably thinking, he has indeed earned it 😋
You can hear him practicing a few new words at the beginning of the video. That's what he sounded like shortly before he began saying "hello" clearly enough we could understand and knew for sure that is what he was saying.
The first time it happened, we were in a different room briefly and he was alone, so he called it out as a question, "Hello?" and we came running lol
He is very loved. ❤️
