Oh, the Snap is a Phone? That Makes Sense!

Oli's speech has really taken off lately. It seems she is adding a couple of new words to her vocabulary each day. At the moment she seems to be working on words that end with the /k/ sound, such as walk, truck, bike, clock and yuck. Now, not all of the blends (like /tr/) are pronounced clearly, but she's close enough for us to understand her. New items that Olivia has used as a phone: one of the snaps on her onesie that goes between her legs (while she had it on, but it wasn't yet snapped), the buckle at the end of the strap on her highchair, a page of a fold-out book that she tore out, and one of those large plastic connectable beads that have been around for decades. Olivia and I got some serious mom and daughter bonding in last week while Yale was in Switzerland for work. Now, Olivia and I normally spend a lot of time together, but this was pretty nonstop. Thank goodness for Susan who gave me some breaks and watched Liv while I subbed a couple of days. We also spent a couple of days at my sister's house. Her family helps out with Olivia a great deal, so that was also a nice repreive. Liv seemed to really miss Yale. A couple of times we looked at pictures of him just to calm her down. I'm sure it's confusing for a kid her age when a parent is gone for an extended period of time.