Dogs.

Harry loves dogs. He loves our dog. He loves pictures of dogs. He loves books about dogs.

His favorite book at the moment is “Perritos, “ a Spanish version of Sandra Boynton’s counting book “Doggies.”

For some reason, I thought it made sense to not only introduce him to other languages before he could speak in proper English sentences, but to introduce him to foreign animal sounds. So, we now have a child who crawls around the house saying “Jau!” instead of “Woof, woof.”

Of course, ironically, his favorite sound comes from the beagle looking dog in the book: “nnn…nnn…nnn.” I have no idea what it is that we are reading to him, but he seems to respond.