On a happier note, I must report that Nahanni just read her first words. She got a set of letter stamps from Playdoh at a birthday party today and I began to put together little words I've been showing her in books. There is a line in 'Red Fish Blue Fish' (Dr. Seuss) "little words like IF and IT" that she has lately been reciting so I put together I and T and without hesitation she sounded them out and read them - IF, IT, FIT, AT and CAT.
I'm damned impressed and she was very excited and did a little victory dance. It was a wonderful thing to see this beautiful moment in my daughter's life when she really grasped the concept of reading. Oh, the world that awaits her in books!
PS. I'll be okay.
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