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She knows all of her colors and reliably identifies them on command 99% of the time. She knows her ABC’s, and recognizes letters when she sees them. She was eating ABC’s & 123’s for lunch the other day, and was “reading” them and trying to identify which ones they were. She counts to 10 (with help) in English, Spanish, and German, and can identify up to 3 objects in a group (counting that there are 2 or 3). She has been working on identifying written words on flash cards and is doing very well.

She’s a technology whiz and can use an iPhone/iPad to Facetime her Grammy on her own, switch between apps she likes, and open Drawing, YouTube, Netflix, etc. to choose the shows she wants to watch, including pushing “play/pause” and enlarging the screen, and browsing through different videos and categories.

She says “please”, “thank you”, and “you’re welcome” without fail and in appropriate places. She’s recently started using “I’m sorry” as well. She knows her opposites: up/down, hot/cold, inside/outside, open/closed, and working on left/right, and what/how they apply to situations or things. She identifies several shapes and is able to put the correct ones into the corresponding holes on her puzzle block. She has many books she loves to read, and properly identities about 30 animals and at least 45 other objects such as different fruits, vegetables, vehicles, household items, etc. She also identifies 20+ body parts by proper name.

She knows her own name as well as all of our names (real first names, not “Mom”, “Dad”, or “Sissy”) and will correctly identify someone when asked (and points to herself when she says “Holly Sue”). Her speech is really impressive, she’s getting a lot of 3 and 4-word sentences down and is able to communicate very clearly at least 90% of the time. The other 10% just takes us a few minutes to slow down and get her to clarify. She says “I love you” AND “Ich Liebe Dich” appropriately.

She’s extremely nurturing and has an active imagination already. She absolutely adores her “baby” and dresses her, feeds her with a bottle, snuggles her, rocks her to sleep, washes her hair, puts her to bed and covers her up, feeds her with a spoon from a dish with pretend food, etc.

She’s also very empathetic, and attentive to the emotions of others. If someone is sad or crying or in pain, she comforts them with caresses on their face and head, gives them hugs, and kisses their boo-boos. She is the same with our pets.

She just turned 22 months old today, not even 2 years old yet. I have no idea what her development should be at this age, yet I seriously can’t help but think she’s really advanced. Should we look into some pre-pre-schools or education programs? #SmartBaby #NotABabyAnymore #TinyPerson #Intelligence.

January 2017 Babies