Kyla continues to grow, and so does her vocabulary. She now says her own name, but pronounces it "Dy-da." She clearly understands the meaning of much of what she's saying. When we ask her to clap without moving our own hands, she complies. Occasionally she'll even kiss me upon request.Whenever we ask her to get a book, she returns with Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb. This is a reminder to us that young children have a much higher tolerance for repetition than adults do. This is just the first of a number of stories she's going to want to hear ad nauseam, though I shouldn't be surprised since I've lost count how many times her mother has seen Pretty Woman.
We've been trying to communicate with her using signs since she was six months old, and she's picked several of them up. Whenever she wants to nurse, she holds out her hand and squeezes it; whenever she wants to eat or drink, she plays with her lips; and when she is done eating, she waves her hands around. This makes all of our lives easier since Kyla gets her needs met faster, and we don't have to interpret her whining.Kyla's second year has begun, "dum diddy dum diddy dum dum dum."
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