Our Baby Can Read!

Yes, our baby can.  Dog.  That is the one word she can say really well and she can also read it.  Grandma Billie bought her the Your Baby Can Read system when she about three months old.  It comes with movies, books, and flash cards.  We look at the books and flash card sometimes, but obviously those aren't overly exciting to a baby.  G has watched the movies since she was very young and really enjoyed them.  That is the only TV she watches and I have always used that time (whether she was watching the movie in a bouncy seat, exersaucer, or now free to roam) to get some stuff done while she was entertained. 

Gabi was watching her movie on Friday and I was upstairs.  Well, Gabi came up to see what I was doing and I brought her back down to her movie and watched it with her for a minute.  The word dog appeared on the screen and Gabi said "dog dog!" and pointed to the word, then they said dog and showed a picture of a dog afterwards.  Gabi can READ the word dog all on her own!  I was so excited! 

I'm not sure how long she has been able to do this, since I don't sit and watch the movies with her :(  I always hear her saying some words and having fun with the movie...but I don't observe enough to notice that she actually read anything without other prompts until today. 

She is loving the movie more and more all the time.  She nods her head yes and no with it, they say rattle and she will go find a rattle of her own, she claps to the music, and is now learning to stomp her feet with the "if you're happy and you know it" song.  It's so funny - she lifts up her left leg really high and stomps it on the ground.  She needs a little more coordination before she just stomp both of her feet on command I guess :)

She is growing up so much and her language is continuing to develop.  She definitely says "dog" very well.  "Cat" has a few forms - "itty" "kee-ee", and "at" all mean cat now.  She also says "dad" very well in reference to Nick.  Mama is not happening at this point.  I guess she knows that she doesn't have to impress me for me to still be gaga for her :)

She is in the process of learning blue, green, bread, light, and book.  That's all I can think of right now.