Bethany is learning to say a few words now. She calls me “Maw-yee” (it sounds like “my” with a drawn-out southern drawl) and Dave “Da-yee”. She can say “bye-bye” clear as a bell, but usually only after we’re loaded in the car and the person she’s waving to can’t hear her anymore. Eva will coach her and can get her to sound out words better than anyone else.
While her vocabulary remains limited, she definitely understands what words mean. If I tell her simple instructions like to put her dirty clothes in the hamper or find her sippy cup, she knows exactly what to do. She nods or shakes her head and has no problem making it clear what she wants. Her favorite strategy is to pat my arm or leg until I follow her, where she’ll point to the desired object and emphatically yell “Ah!”
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