Slightest Interest In Words

And some word recognition. Austen is amazing when it comes to practical knowledge and ability to solve problems — when she explains why traffic isn’t moving or why the plants in the back yard died she sounds like an adult. Her manual dexterity and physical agility are off the chart. Although she writes and recognizes letters and knows the sounds they make, she is only slightly interested in strings of letters on a page. She prefers looking at pictures in a book and guessing the story or making up the story. Deciphering sight words like ‘the’ is boring. Sounding out words like ‘bat’ and ‘word’ is too slow and annoying.

Gage is saying new words everyday.

Yes, his besties Gabba and Dell are verbally gifted, but he’s catching up for sure. He now communicates with Mommy with words instead of just crying, telling her “Bottle!” when he wants his bottle instead of just yelling and letting Mommy try to guess what’s wrong. When he’s tired, he doesn’t say “Sleepytime” like Mommy does but rather starts whining and gets frustrated easily. When Mommy takes him to his room to change his diaper on the big bed, he complains a little but seems to accept that it’s sleepy time. Once in his bed, he calms down as soon as he gets his bottle.