Communication
Nov. 5th, 2008 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lollardfishIt's been a long time since I wrote about Nico's development. There are ten thousand things he does better or he's learned how to do or he communicates about. But there's also a dirth of massive leaps of development: He doesn't walk yet, he doesn't really talk or sign yet, he doesn't self-feed with a spoon (that's my list of the top 3. My wife may have others).
But there are ten thousand things he's learned to do. Signs and sounds and coordination and playing and snuggling and so much more.
And every so often, there are glimpses - he forgets to hold onto something and just stands up for a moment; he picks up a spoon, dips it in his food, then pops it into his mouth; or he speaks.
On Halloween, we went up to one door and a couple came out, the woman holding her baby. Nico said, "Baby" and was very excited about the tinier person.
Today, we were listening to Bare Naked Ladies' classic song, "Popcorn." I was saying "Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop" (as the song goes), and Nico started to move his mouth along, saying "Popopopopopopopop." After, we clapped and I turned it on again. When we got to the popping part, I said pop a lot, then said, "Your turn!" Nico responded, "ay tur." It was unmistakeably him saying, "My turn," something we say to him a lot.
So it's still a struggle to get him to replicate his speech, but it's coming ... it's coming.
But there are ten thousand things he's learned to do. Signs and sounds and coordination and playing and snuggling and so much more.
And every so often, there are glimpses - he forgets to hold onto something and just stands up for a moment; he picks up a spoon, dips it in his food, then pops it into his mouth; or he speaks.
On Halloween, we went up to one door and a couple came out, the woman holding her baby. Nico said, "Baby" and was very excited about the tinier person.
Today, we were listening to Bare Naked Ladies' classic song, "Popcorn." I was saying "Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop" (as the song goes), and Nico started to move his mouth along, saying "Popopopopopopopop." After, we clapped and I turned it on again. When we got to the popping part, I said pop a lot, then said, "Your turn!" Nico responded, "ay tur." It was unmistakeably him saying, "My turn," something we say to him a lot.
So it's still a struggle to get him to replicate his speech, but it's coming ... it's coming.
