New skill and talking / verbal skills
Instead of just ripping books off shelves and knocking over towers of blocks, Morgan began trying to organize things this weekend. She’ll “clean up” by putting toys in her wagon, try to put books back on the shelf (after pulling them off), and try stacking blocks. These organizational behaviors are all new. It strikes me as pretty significant that she began interacting with her environment in a way other than just grabbing interesting things, pushing buttons, etc…
She’s been quite a talker for months, with a variety of sounds — da, ma, ra. This week we’ve decided she pretty reliable says “da”, “dad”, or “dada” when she sees me. She also makes the same sound when I’m not around, so it was difficult to determine that it’s really a word, but it seems to be. It’s also been tricky determining if she understands any words. She sometimes turns when we say “Morgan”, but it’s not clear she knows the word. However, this weekend it also became apparent that she claps when we say “yay”, suggesting she recognizes the word.