Watching someone learn a language is so interesting. Madison certainly understands the language far more than she can speak...though I am curious how much that has to do with learning to talk and how much it has to do with learning the language itself.
What's interesting is how much she listens to us and learns through how we respond to her. I read a great book called "Nurture Shock: New thinking about Children". A great book that has an interesting chapter on how kids learn language. Definitely worth a read.
These days, she's a little parrot and will repeat words...she can count to 10 and say her ABC's by repeating after me, although she doesn't really know what they mean yet. The most interesting part is when she looks in the mirror, and I ask "whose that?", she will say "it's you!". For months now, whenever we would stand and look in the mirror, Madison would get excited about the image that she saw...and I would say "Look, it's you and mummy". I guess she thinks she has 2 names..."Madison" and "it's you". haha.
On another note, when I went down to Madison's room this morning to get her out of her crib, she was sitting naked in the corner with her blanket ...she had managed to take off her sleeper and her diaper! Thank goodness it was not a poopy diaper...that would have been a mess to clean. She's taken her sleeper off before...but this is the first time she's removed her diaper. I might have to start putting her in a onesie to sleep if this is going to be a habit! Anyone else have any bright ideas?
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