We had quite a surprise on Wednesday after I fixed the videos in the original post. We were both at our computers, and Leilani was in the office with us, in her bouncy chair away from the computers. I asked S to test a video and when the video played, Leilani could hear herself through the speakers.
What happened next seems incredible to us as new parents: after a few seconds, Leilani looked up and started talking to her recorded voice! She used the same sounds, almost in exactly the same order as in the video. After all the times we try to make ohhh and ahhh sounds that she rarely reacts to, it seems like she was saying: “That’s exactly what I was saying before, finally someone who can understand me.”
We played the video a few times and she practiced the sounds with herself for about 5 minutes again. We tried playing it the following days, but she wasn’t in the same mood and repeated only one or two sounds.
So not only is Leilani trying or practicing to speak, she also understands (not just hears) voices, her own in particular.
