Chatty Carina

I've been meaning to write for months about Carina and her speech.  Primarily because it is another way she differs so much from Samantha.  It has also been a great lesson for me about how different kids can be while neither being "right" or "wrong".  Sammy, as we all know, was a late talker, she did communicate though with a wide variety of signs but she didn't do a lot of trying to communicate with words until she could really do it perfectly.

Carina on the other hand tries to say just about everything.  You ask her if she can say book, baby, dog, cow, etc. and she will attempt it almost always.  I loved when my Papa and Grandma Modina were visiting and Carina could say "Papa and Grandma Mo".  She babbles away constantly and once you get the hang of her dialect, much of it is understandable.

It is frustrating for us, and more so for her when she is trying, really, really trying, to convey something but can't quite get it across.  The other day she wanted to brush her teeth and was saying repeatedly what sounded like "stay stoooo".  I could see her getting more upset as she continued to say it more, and more, louder and louder when I finally understood she was asking about her "step stool".  (Note to Aunt Diane, those step stools are big hits around our house!).

Recently, Carina has started to string two and three words together now too, my favorites are her latest "Look at me, look at me!" or "I need that!" - such a character already.