A New Word

We all know that everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Most of A's strengths are in his physical ability. He can jump, gallop, catch a ball, etc. But he has always struggled with words. We have been working with him often trying to get him to say "hi" or "dog"... words that we use all the time, but he still has only really mastered about 5 words. But recently he has picked up his first two-word phrase. "NO MINE". Seriously... where do kids get this? It's not like P and I walk around the house shouting "NO MINE" when he touches things. With the thousands of times we have used the word "dog", you would think he would have picked that up, but no luck. Instead, everytime someone tries to take a toy or help him eat, they get the whiny response of "NO MINE". I guess the terrible twos start earlier than I thought.