Dadu

I'm so excited guys!

It is always fascinating to watch Ellie's mindset change on how she looks at an aspect of her life. For example, we consider that she took her first steps on her birthday, but it wasn't until weeks later that she decided she could actually walk. We knew she could, but she just didn't consider it a real option. As soon as she made up her mind that she could walk, though, it was like a light switch. Fascinating.

Well I feel like it has happened again. A switch has been turned and now she feels like she can talk. Yesterday we think we heard her say "Ditty Dat" and she definitely has been saying "ah ah" in a very "oh-oh" tone of voice.

But the real difference is that yesterday she wasn't saying "Eh" for everything. In fact, I think she hardly said "Eh" at all! Instead, she said "Dadu". And she continued to do so this morning.

Now we don't know what a Dadu is, but it doesn't matter. The exciting thing about it is that:
1. It's not "eh".
2. It is two syllables
3. It has 3 sounds, all different from "eh"
4. She was very excited about saying it.
5. We could get her to say Dadu before getting something she wanted (could we be approaching the possibility of saying please, perhaps???)

Oh boy! You have no idea how happy I am that "eh" seems to be so last week!