We finally have a word! Eli has said "mama" and "dada" and "hey" but now we have our 1st real word. For the last 3 days, he has been saying "up" when he wants to picked up! He had said "up" before, but not consistently and not in the right context. Now he'll say it when he wants us to put him on the couch so he can look out the large picture window in our living room. It is so cute! We are giving him lots of positive reinforcement when he says it, to keep encouraging him to talk more. When we were doing our home study, our social worker warned us that it might take him longer to talk because I would be meeting his every need, and he would have no reason to talk. I think that has happened to a certain extent. He communicates so much to me without having to talk. I'm looking forward to when he does talk though, and can share more of his thoughts and feelings with us.
Today he had his 30th dose of INH (the medication he is taking for his latent TB infection). Only 48 more doses to go! All things considered, he is tolerating it well, but it does cause his appetite to be less than it normally would be. We were worried that he had lost weight, but when we weighed him, he was the same, thank goodness. I'll be so glad when he doesn't have to take this medication any longer.
Every night, before I go to bed, I go in and check on him. He always looks so beautiful. I stroke his hair and rub his back a little. Seeing him lying there in his crib, with Mr. Snuggly, sleeping so peacefully, it's hard to believe that he was ever in a Russian orphanage. He is our precious miracle, and we love him so very much.
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Aww - what a sweet picture of Eli in his crib. Ilya has been saying a lot of words lately as well. I think he's picking it up from the other kids in his daycare. When he misses a few days of daycare for whatever reason, we definitely see some regression in his language skills. Anyway, congrats on the new word! It's so fun when they can start communicating with us!
Congratulations on Eli's first words!! That is so great that he is doing well with his medication and that you only have 48 more to go. Have a great weekend! Teresa
What a sweet post.
Yeah for Eli saying a new word. That's great.
Congratulations on Eli's first word! Up was Diego's second word. In the past weeks he finally started saying mama, and I love it! You may also try to teach him sign language, it may be easier for him than words (we used baby Einstein first signs video). We tried it with Diego, and on one evening he learned like 6 signs at once! It is very cool when they start communicating and you get a better idea of what they are thinking about and wanting!
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