First Word?!?

Edy yesterday said baa-bie while pointing at a yogurt container with a picture of a baby on it. She semi-consistently does it with books with pictures of babies, so we are sure she knows what it means.

Just like with walking, I'm not sure how clear it has to be to call it a word, but it is definitely two separate sounds with an associated meaning, so it sounds like speech to me.

I also forgot to mention she signs hot and cold, and she can almost say ball. Of course, the "l's" don't quite make it on the end there, but we're making progress.

Edy Sick, but Signing

Well we had a good long run of no colds for about 6 weeks I think. But Edy has the sniffles again - a little summer cold. She's been waking up 3-4 times a night and seems generally inconsolable except for NewMom's boobs.

She has been signing up a storm recently - and I think it is the coolest thing. NewMom and I have been teaching her sign language since she was about 10 months. About 11 1/2 months she started signing back to us. And it seems she's gaining new ones every day. She started with just "milk", but now she signs to us: daddy, eat/hungry, sleep, all done, more, airplane, and dog. She also made up her own sign for brushing teeth.