Sunday, November 8, 2009

She said it... the 3 letter word!!

She said it, the word I've been waiting a long time to hear. I started playing a peg board game with Sienna to encourage speech. It goes a little something like this...

I put a peg up to my cheek and say a sound ex:baba
Rylee or a 2nd person will repeat the action and the sound
Then, Sienna takes the peg, holds it to her chin and repeats the sound
then puts the peg in the board!
Fantastic activity...just started it yesterday.
Today, when doing this activity, she repeated
baba
mmmm
ah
ou
Then for the first time, I thought I would try the 3 letter word...
I said it, Rylee said it and I couldn't believe my ears...
Sienna said it, as clear as day,
MUM!
Of course, her father wanted me to try DAD
so I did and she did it,
DADA!
We are so proud of her!

6 comments:

  1. wow - that's fantastic. What a clever little girl you have there.

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  2. Awwww! This is wonderful! Congrats on the big day!!!! We play that game too and Aiden loves it. He'll even initiate it with different toys or whatever he has in his hand at the time.

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  3. It sounds like she is really figuring it out. AWESOME NEWS!

    My daughter has been active for about 2 months -
    www.taylorscijourney.blogspot.com

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  4. wow that must be so nice to hear! :D its even more special when your child is deaf and is learning to hear and u hear those special words! :)

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  5. it is times like these that are possibly the most precious times ever in our lives! That is such wonderful news!!!

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  6. Jenny, thanks for the updates on Sienna...such a wonderful site!!It brings tears to my eyes....she is such a trooper! She is truly an AMAZING girl!!! She is lucky to have such great parents and a wonderful sister to look up to.

    Wonderful news...BRAVO Sienna!!!

    Suzanne Desaulniers

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