Katie-isms

First words

• "Dada": Her first word, of course. She LOVES her daddy.
• "All done": This is her very consistent second word. She says it at every meal. It sounds like "All don don". Occasionally she says it when she is tired of playing or annoyed with her Physical Therapist. She even said it after waiting too long in the waiting room before her ear tube surgery.
• "Ellee": She has a consistent sound for Ellee, it sounds more like "EEHda"
• "Mama": She can say it but has only done it twice when she was sick.  She is still holding out on me!
• "Diaper": I really believe she said diaper today, right when I handed it to her to hold. Grammie heard it too.  I will need a few more instances to be convinced!

We have been teaching Katie sign language to prevent her from becoming frustrated while she increases her spoken vocabulary.  Her current list of signs are:

• Mama
• Dada
• Katie/mine
• Grammie
• More
• Food
• Milk
• All done
• Up
• Hi/Bye
• Kiss

She also does several interactive games

• Big girl: Hands up in the air
• Blowing kisses
• Clapping/happy
• Row your boat
• Itsy bitsy spider
• Peek-a-boo
• Dancing: She dances EVERY time she hears music.  She basically rocks side to side with a huge grin.