Communication

Kate is growing in leaps and bounds in communicating. She's picking up more signs and words every day. What's really fun for me is teaching her how to use the words she can say. Like, early this week I was reading a duck book and Kate started saying, "Quack! Quack!" so I taught her to answer "What does a duck say?" with "Quack!" There's a lot more important things I'd like Kate to say than animal sounds, but when she does say random things, it's fun to give them context for her. And non-verbal communication is a hoot. While I was typing this, Kate walked in and started whining. "What's the matter, Kate? What do you want to play now?" And she started dancing. "Do you want me to put on a fun CD for you to dance to?" and she smiled, grabbed my hand and led her into her room where she has a CD player. Then I put on They Might Be Giants and we danced to her delight.