Last night was a milestone night! Let's rewind to Tuesday, first. Tuesday morning I had a woman from Early Steps come to the house to evaluate Connor's development and communication skills. His pediatrician recommended an evaluation just to be on the safe side since Connor isn't forming words, aside from the occasional "Mama" and "Quack". He babbles all the time and sometimes we swear he says "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey," but I never know if he really is saying that or it just sounds like it. The woman evaluated him & said he was still pretty young & to maybe do another eval in a few months if he doesn't progress. She reassured me that boys are more mobile and less verbal compared to girls at his age. Ever since, Nana & I have been working in full force to get him to communicate better. That brings us to last night...
Nana came over just shy of Connor's bedtime. He ADORES his Nana, so automatically got a spurt of energy & ran around the living room in excitement. After circling the living room a dozen times, he took a pit stop to grab his animal-noise-making-cow that his Auntie Nicole/Uncle Craig got him. He brought it over to the sofa & started pressing the duck button...over and over and over and over.
He pressed it & would giggle & say "DUCK!"
Over and over and over!!
Nana & I just kept staring at him in disbelief! He was talking!!!! Without a doubt, he was saying an actual word in the right context! He would giggle in excitement & pride....then Nana & I would giggle in excitement & pride! :) I plan to video tape him the next time he's in action to share! Yay for Connor!
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Yay!!! The women at Early Steps are very nice. Some of them came out to my house to see Leila. I hope you don't have to see them again though :)
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