Hot Off The Presses

Mia said "hot"! As I added warm water to her bath, I held her hand away from the faucet, saying, "No, honey, that's hot." She very tentatively enunciated the word "hot", then looked up at me as if to see whether I'd noticed. After getting a big "attagirl" from Mom, she said it over and over again. Gradually it began to sound more like "hot ta". I suspect that's because we've been emphasizing the ending sounds for "ball" and "dog" in the hopes that she'll follow suit.
I asked Sarah if she'd been teaching Mia to say hot, and she admitted that Mia had parrotted her when she'd explained lunch service would be delayed a moment while the too-hot food cooled off a bit. That's another thing to like about Sarah -- she lets us experience these firsts for ourselves.
Over the past week, Mia has also said hi and bye a couple of times. We can tell she wants to talk a lot more, so we're happy that the state has finally matched us with a speech therapist. We're hoping to start next week if they can cut through the next layer of red tape by then.