Eli's First Word

The vast amount of baby literature we've read (i.e., one or two books and the internets) assured us that our child would soon begin politely cooing at us and experimenting with consonants, such as "ma," "da," and of course "ba." However, Eli has bypassed that stage of language development and instead chosen to focus on the word "RAWR!" Seriously, all he does is growl. It'll be six in the morning and what do we hear coming from his room? A low pitched "RAWR!" How does he let us know he's hungry? A higher pitched, more whiny growl. At first it was funny, but now it's just kind of weird. I'll try to get some video documentation for your viewing pleasure.