Today, Austen said something that sounded like “Caaa” when clapping. We think she was attempting to say “clap.” After all, that’s what everyone else says when she’s clapping. “Clap, clap, clap!” And clapping is currently her favorite activity. Whenever she’s happy, she claps.
Austen recognizes her name very well at this point. She almost always turns her head in the direction of the person calling it. Austen understands the word ‘milk’ and starts making hurry-up grunts if she hears it when she’s hungry. There are times when Austen copies Mommy and waves “Hi!” accompanied by a “hhhah” sound.