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thenewgreen  ·  4323 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A deaf child learns the meaning of the word 'love'
We wrote down our daughters first 50 words. It was a really fun exercise.

Tonight, for the first time she started asking "How are you doing"? Of course, she asked the dogs as much as she did her mother and I.

aside: One thing that has really fascinated me is how in tune she is with her surroundings. She will say "wow" when she hears a plane in the sky and it will take us a few moments to realize what she's excited about. The world is a noisy place and for her to pick out that sound is pretty cool. Now she can point up to the sky and say "plane". One of her first words was "moon". She loves the moon and looks for it every time we are out. When she sees it she'll often say "oh wow, the moon". -It's so great. Sorry, proud papa weighing in.