Today Natalie's OT, Christina, said that Natalie said "dog" and "cat" in response to Christina's question about the animals on Natalie's wooden puzzle.
She has been saying a wider variety of words since her ear tubes were re-inserted on Monday, but she only says them once, and babbles the rest of the day. She is also very interested in using and learning signs.
I think the lack of pacy is also giving Natalie more incentive to speak. Oh, you haven't heard? There's only one person at The Happy Ones who is using a pacifier now, and it's a boy! Natalie decided that if we were only going to give her a 6-month pacifier (instead of her favorite newborn size), she wasn't going to use any. Fine with us! It only took about a week of cold turkey pacifier rejection for her to settle down quietly (not crying, but her typical monotone singing) for naps and bedtime.
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