A funny conversation.....

First of all, I did hear back from Dr. Prose and we have an appointment for Caroline on Friday at 10am. I'll update about that when we return later that day. I know I've mentioned before that Caroline likes to "growl." Ever since she was about 3 months old, she has done this. It's her "happy noise" and her means of communication. When she's playing with a toy she likes, she growls. When she sees me peer over the crib to get her up in the morning or from a nap, she smiles and growls. When she saw the neighbor this afternoon, she greeted her with a smile and a growl. It is the primary sound she makes! So I took Caroline to her 6 month check-up with the pediatrician today, and our conversation went something like this: Dr. Burbridge: "Do you have any questions or concerns today?" Me: "Well, Caroline is not making a lot of babbling sounds yet, should she be?" Dr. Burbridge: "Well, she should at least be making SOME sounds. Does she make any sounds at all?" Me: "Yes, she growls." Dr. Burbridge: (Smiles and laughs) "She growls?" Me: "Yes, she makes a noise like this (I precede to "growl" at the doctor)" Dr. Burbridge: (Smiles and laughs again) "Really?" "Well, I wouldn't worry about it too much. She will probably grow out of it and catch up to making the consonant sounds. We will reassess it when you come back in three months." Years later I'll be telling Caroline how much I worried about her delay in speech development because of her "growling." I've really got to get that on videotape!