The last week he has been trying to repeat words if I ask him to say them. Not all words, but enough that it is obvious he is making an attempt at many. I've been encouraging 'help' as a key word! Today he got his trains stuck in the two layer tunnel on the track. Attempting to get them out, he accidentally discovered he could pull the top of the tunnel off. He ran in to me with the tunnel in hand and said 'help!'. I was so happy and I guess, fulfilled in a way, that work I did finally paid off. For both of us. He can communicate a need without getting so frustrated he resorts to the whine-cry, and I am pleased that I can help him with his issue without having to hear the whine-cry. Ah, language is a beautiful thing.