DH and I were talking last night and we agree that Austin has really been showing some good improvements. We hope that he is getting closer and closer to saying that first word! I think I mentioned it before but he can point to his own toes now. That is huge considering he used to know the word "nose" but would only point to ours. He is also consistently pointing to his own ears now and we are working on "mouth". It is hit and miss with that one. We also feel like his receptive language is stronger than ever. We can tell him what something is at the beginning of the day and he will remember it.
The set backs we are encountering are the loss of signs. It seems like he really gets used to one sign and then forgets all the ones he previously knew. He knew "more" for a really long time but then he learned "book" and used "book" for everything. Now, he has really picked up "eat" and is using that instead of "book" or "more". If we try to make him do "more" or "book", he will but it is now hand over hand instead of him doing it by himself.
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Interesting to know.
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