For the past two weeks, it's been, "Gee-Gee-Gee.: Today, all of a sudden, it's "La-la-la" with his tongue reaching down to his chin as he repeats the fascinating new mantra. "Gee-Gee" is so last week.

One thing at a time. It's one of the many fascinating things about babies. They develop their skills one step at a time, concentrating on one before they go to the next, and then, in just a matter of time, bringing it all together in a single act of crawling or pronouncing a word.

Not a bad thing to remember past infancy, either. Most of us are so busy, so inundated with tasks and options that sometimes we end up paralyzed, unable to work at all, unable to choose a path to follow for the next hour, much less the rest of our lives.

One step at a time.