OH lara, Im so sorry to read about the accident. I can imagine what you went through! Germany is very baby-unfriendly. Public transport scares me so much when I'm alone with Ben. Stairs everywhere, no room for a pram... no WAY to get the pram onto trains and busses without a stuggle. I'm really happy I can now drive to places, but I get quite angry when i think about it - how isolated i felt (and still feel).

It's really funny sometimes because Ben would walk up to someone and start babbeling in his own baby language... but in the tone that sounds like a question. Most of the time he gets a "Im sorry ben, i dont understand English" thinking that he is talking english to them, or they look at Dh or me to translate. It's really cute. Basically if you just answer him with a Ja, yes, no or nein he will be satisfied and walk away.
Now his thing is when he drops something he says "OH NO!" or "OH NEIN!" depending on who he is around... other times it comes out like "OHHH NO-EIN!!" haha.