Progress Report

Little miss Kylee has been picking up in the speech department finally. It was bound to happen eventually, even if a little late. We've been advised not to say "can you say...?" anymore because it just teaches her how to imitate sound, not to use it functionally or spontaneously on her own. Though it's been difficult to axe that completely, we've definitely cut back. She doesn't often offer a word on her own, but has been doing it a little more than she was a few months ago. I read to her ALL THE TIME. She loves her books and always wants me to read her a story. She's been pointing to items and saying the word out loud every once in a while. There are only a few things that she knows but I'll take it. And she just started giving kisses last week! For the first time ever, mommy gets kisses! It's probably because she sees Nolan giving kisses. He's a lover. And she's getting better about giving hugs when asked. I'm still working on getting her to wave and say hi/bye. Nolan is waving and saying hi already (plus mama, dada, and vroom), so I would imagine she'll pick it up from him shortly. Here is a list of things that she can say:


Words that she says clearly:

mama
dada
baby
up
uh oh
pee pee


Words that she says partially:

cracker (kaka)
kitty (kiki)
car (cah)
please (peas)
cheese (eese)
vroom (oom)
ball (baw)
bath (bah)
binkie (beas)
jump (ga)
all gone (agaaah)
yes (es)
stop (op)
juice (juju)
pillow (poof poof)
meow (ow)
moo (ooo)
woof woof (oof oof)
move (ove)
down (dow)
hi (ha)
balloon (boon)
poop (oop)
tweet tweet (tis tis)


Words that she can sign:

more
please
milk
star

I'll continue doing the sign language until she's caught up. It's a great supplement and she thinks it's fun!