So as daycare providers, you all have seen so many children throughout the years. It got me thinking that you are a good group of people to ask this question to!
Recently, my almost-14 month old son has been doing things that I personally think are advanced for his age. I'm curious if this is true--or maybe I'm just a really proud mom reading too much into normal toddler behavior? Either way, the little dude is happy and healthy which is what really matters. The title of my post is tongue-in-cheek, but of course, I would like to believe he's a smarty pants!
Here's what gets me wondering:
Baby boy was playing pretend at 11 months. His first make-believe game was bringing us empty bowls/cups and pretending to feed us. He would say "mm mm mm" and pretend to chew invisible food. He made this up on his own (we didn't teach him at least). Now, his pretend play has gotten more complex. Just this evening, he walked over to the (turned off) stereo, did the baby sign for "music", and then grabbed his doll (he loves his baby!) by the arms and made it jump up and down on the floor. I asked what baby was doing and he said "dance." He also lies down and says "ni-night" and then starts making weird noises... the first time, I asked him what he was doing and he said "sno" (snore). We had just read a book about a snoring cat.
He says roughly 50 words. At his 12 month check up, he was saying about 20 words. Some of his vocabulary includes: Shoes, snack, box, stop, watermelon, cracker, banana, cheese, chalk, Play-dough, stool (step stool), tickle, cheers, and the names of the daycare kids. He knows cows say moo, sheep say baa, snakes say hiss, dinos/lions say roar, and so on (and we did not teach him this beyond reading animal books). He has been speaking in two-word sentences for the past month -- Mama go, Mama ball (what he calls playing catch), bye-bye car (cars driving past our house).
This morning I was putting on make-up and made a reference to a book we had just read the day before about a dog and a baby who get into the mom's make-up. (Good Dog, Carl!) He walks out of the room. When I go to see where he went, he had gone to his book basket, dug through about 10 books until he found the one I mentioned, and was paging through it.
So those are the things I'm mostly wondering about! I'd love to hear any stories you have of kids this age or other kids who have you wondered about...
Recently, my almost-14 month old son has been doing things that I personally think are advanced for his age. I'm curious if this is true--or maybe I'm just a really proud mom reading too much into normal toddler behavior? Either way, the little dude is happy and healthy which is what really matters. The title of my post is tongue-in-cheek, but of course, I would like to believe he's a smarty pants!
Here's what gets me wondering:
Baby boy was playing pretend at 11 months. His first make-believe game was bringing us empty bowls/cups and pretending to feed us. He would say "mm mm mm" and pretend to chew invisible food. He made this up on his own (we didn't teach him at least). Now, his pretend play has gotten more complex. Just this evening, he walked over to the (turned off) stereo, did the baby sign for "music", and then grabbed his doll (he loves his baby!) by the arms and made it jump up and down on the floor. I asked what baby was doing and he said "dance." He also lies down and says "ni-night" and then starts making weird noises... the first time, I asked him what he was doing and he said "sno" (snore). We had just read a book about a snoring cat.
He says roughly 50 words. At his 12 month check up, he was saying about 20 words. Some of his vocabulary includes: Shoes, snack, box, stop, watermelon, cracker, banana, cheese, chalk, Play-dough, stool (step stool), tickle, cheers, and the names of the daycare kids. He knows cows say moo, sheep say baa, snakes say hiss, dinos/lions say roar, and so on (and we did not teach him this beyond reading animal books). He has been speaking in two-word sentences for the past month -- Mama go, Mama ball (what he calls playing catch), bye-bye car (cars driving past our house).
This morning I was putting on make-up and made a reference to a book we had just read the day before about a dog and a baby who get into the mom's make-up. (Good Dog, Carl!) He walks out of the room. When I go to see where he went, he had gone to his book basket, dug through about 10 books until he found the one I mentioned, and was paging through it.
So those are the things I'm mostly wondering about! I'd love to hear any stories you have of kids this age or other kids who have you wondered about...
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