So E has had another major cognitive leap 😳 but is still super shy around strangers and won't talk around them. At most they get a very soft "hi" or "bye bye" but I think that's more her age than anything as we don't leave the house often she's not used to being around people other than immediate family.
She turned 18 months old this month and has started mimicking alphabet sounds. Not phonetically but if the ABC song pops up on her kiddie playlist she'll actually stand still and try and mimic the inflection. 😂 I'm more shocked at the standing still part than I am the mimicking at this point she is a spirtied kiddo and wants to go go go all the time!
She has recently started dragging around a set of tactile alphabet cards I bought on a whim as she loves sensory things and I figured she'd like the sandpaper fill.
We've been sticking to bare bones basics the letters A B and C and 1,2,3 just to see how it goes and have been reading to her a ton.
If feel like half the reason I can't get anything done is she's constantly dragging books off the shelf and bringing them to me. She sits through about two pages before she steals her book and and starts flipping pages randomly but it's too adorable to get upset over.
I feel like I should know when she makes a leap it's going to be big by now but every single time it gets me.
Is there anything I should be on the lookout for or common "leaps" I should be aware are coming? because this girl is far from ordinary and I'm soaking it up.
It was mentioned on my other post to not be surprised if she was actually reading instead of just mimicking the motions. Thankfully we have a TON of kiddie books so I just let her have at it when it comes to those but we shall see if she surprises me again.
