Monday, April 26, 2010

ears or no ears

(happy monday!)
little m usually wakes up and then i leave her in her crib to adjust to being alive in the world for a while. lately she has been babbling and singing more and more during this morning wake up time. i find it kind of hilarious that she is in there talking, singing, making sound and since she doesn't have her implants on, she is completely deaf and can't hear a single thing she's saying.

this morning i could hear her carrying on quite the imaginary playtime: "jump baby, jump baby! (lots of random babbling) walk walk walk baby!" and then lots more babbling, which sounds like her baby "talking" to her other stuffed animals in her crib. and then a round of "row row row your boat" in perfect pitch. i finally peek in, and there she is, prancing her doll baby around and chatting her up. it is a miracle to me that even without her implants on, she is talking away, saying appropriate things, making believe with her toys.

friday morning matt, m and i went to grab pastries and coffee. m was chatting away and quickly became friends with the women at the table next to us. one woman asked, "how old are you?" "TWO!" m announced. "you are such a good talker!" the woman responded; m's implants were covered by her crazy morning hair so she had no idea she had implants. i wanted to interject, "And she's deaf! She's working so hard to listen and talk!" i was so proud of her.

i am so proud of her.

9 comments:

  1. So great! What every CI Mom wants to hear.

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  2. I love it. She's doing so very well- may she wake up singing every morning!

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  3. That made me cry a little bit.

    love,
    Jaime

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  4. How sweet is that....I love reading your blogs. I'm filled with excitement when hearing of M's progress! Hopefully we will be there shortly. xoxo

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  5. i love that story of her in the crib :) and she is a good talker!

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  6. This post is really beautiful!! :) It makes me happy to know there are mothers like you...and daughters like m. :)

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  7. Wonderful! The brain is so fascinating--I would imagine that somewhere in there she is "hearing" what she's saying without actually having the sound present. It's always incredible to see how small human beings grow & develop & even more remarkable when they're also overcoming something major! I hope someday we get to meet her in person! (& the other one you're carrying around inside).

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  8. Way to go M! This post put a huge smile on my face! (this one along with the baby bump post above ... I LuuuuV baby bumps!)

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  9. nice. i can imagine the moment in the café. go team roro

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