Hannah's "Babbling"

Hannah is making new sounds. She made the first distinguishable sounds yesterday, the 15, for the first time. And these sounds are beginning to sound like words. She is saying bah bah bah, mah mah mah, and the first one she made was: pah pah pah. She is making sounds non-stop and these sounds are very different from the sounds she made last week. She is a lot more advanced. She is clearer and the sounds are stronger.

There are a lot of people who are afraid that bilingual children's speech will be delayed. In Hannah's case, this does not seem to be the case. It could be because this is her developmental pattern. In fact, so far she has been doing everything "early." SHe began teething when she was three months old. She turned over on her own the day she turned 4 months, she began crawling, with difficulty though, when she was 5 months. So it could be that she will start talking early. However, it could be that my dad's presence, with all the input he gives her, may be helping her. One of the good things about my dad (and there are a lot!) is that he repeats whatever he says to Hannah many times. He also adjusts his speech to meet Hannah's level of understanding. So this is great for Hannah since she hears the same words many times.

The other thing that is happening is that Hannah began to crawl up the stairs! This is scary! But she can do it alone. I think that having the carpet helps. If it were up to hear, she would climb the 18 or 17 steps, with us behind her of course. But we don't let her do it.

It's wonderful to see her grow, healthy and happy! Kuki