When we picked up little Miss B. she knew one word in English - BEEP BEEP for car. And if you have ever been in Addis you know why she knew that!!! LOL the way they use the horn I bet they wear out on a regular basis. And Amharic was not the language of her birth family, so here she was in a care center where they didn't speak her language and being adopted by a family that also didn't speak her language. We were prepared for it to take a long time for her to learn to talk. The first day we met her she didn't say a single thing (although we were soon to find out that was not how she was). She is always very quiet when she meets new people - but in general talks from the moment she wakes up until the moment she falls asleep. I joke that my ears get full - but that is the way it feels. Fortunately she has quickly learned English - seriously I think she has a vocabulary of over 100 words. One thing that has helped us tremendously are Signing Time videos - http://www.signingtime.com/ - we have the first 6 of them and they have really helped unlock the mysteries of language for her! Of course it also helps to have a big sister who talks all the time too!!!
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