Month 11: milestone madness

Graham did two totally new things yesterday.

Whenever he was playing with something dangerous/irritating and I would say no (so, every 5 seconds), he would then point at the knife/Drano/whatever (and smile). While he's pointed at the Gorilla in "Good Night Gorilla" for a while, this was the first time it was unprompted. According to the development folks, pointing is a close precurser to speech.

Then, later, we were hanging out with Molly and I asked Graham, "What does Molly say?" "Ruff Ruff," he answered (or "uff, uff"). So, my question for you all is: does an animal sound count as a first word?