Lilly

Monday, February 7, 2011

We had Lilly's hearing tested when she was about 16 months old because she didn't say anything.  Didn't even make many sounds other than "Abet abet abet."  Since the hearing test for children consists of the child holding perfectly still while someone is putting a probe in their ear for 2 minutes, you can imagine that the results were inconclusive.  Rather than have a more lengthy (costly, dangerous) procedure done requiring anesthetics, we opted to wait till she was closer to 2 years old to see if it was an issue.

I am happy to say that her hearing must not be a problem.  Her speech is rapidly taking off.  While her pronunciation isn't perfect, she sure likes to say a lot of things, even sentences now which are usually prefaced with her favorite word No.

"No, I don't want to."
"No, mine mine mine."
"No, me me me me."
"No, I do it."
"No, I hold it."

You get the picture!  While she is slightly contrary and definitely has a little red-headed mind of her own (where on earth does she get that from!?!?!?!) she is very sweet, and seems to grow so more each day.  Maybe now that she can "express herself" verbally she's able to be a little sweeter physically (thankfully for brother, who hasn't had any bite marks in a while...).  She LOVES to help.  In fact, she won't take no for an answer.  Whether you're doing laundry, carrying something, unloading the dishwasher, etc. it's "I help".  And while a 20-month old isn't exactly helpful, I just hope that she keeps the desire to help for a few years when it will come in handy!