kind of cool...
Published on September 24, 2004 By Jamie Burnside In Home & Family

Yesterday I was "testing" our ten month-old baby Kenny.

I started out by asking him, "How big are you?" (He showed us.)   Then I sang "Pat-a-cake," and he clapped along.

Then I said, "What does the cow say?"

Kenny said, "Mmmmmmm."

Then I said, "What does the sheep say?"

Baby answered, "Baa!"

I thought that was really cool.  Besides "Mama," and "Dada," and "Duh" (for bird), baby says "Mmmm" and "Baa."

I am looking forward to communicating more with the baby.  It is really fun.


Comments
on Sep 24, 2004
Interesting! I have a question.

> Then I said, "What does the cow say?"
> Kenny said, "Mmmmmmm."
> Then I said, "What does the sheep say?"
> Baby answered, "Baa!"

Doesn't his cow sometimes say, "Mow, mow"?
Doesn't his sheep sometimes say, "Meh, Meh"?
on Sep 24, 2004
I think you are "teaching to the test"! Is this part of the no child left behind program? Does good parenting keep children from being left behind? Grandpa could have told you he is the the smartest baby there is!
on Sep 25, 2004
It was proven that babies can learn sign language much earlier than speech. The site: http://www.babysigns.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=aboutus.main

Of course, I would prefer you to use proper ASL (American Sign Language) to teach your baby.
on Sep 25, 2004
Kenny is such a smartie pants! Are you teaching him Japanese as well?
on Sep 26, 2004

Kenny likes a lot of Japanese stories and television shows.

It will be hard for us to get him to be completely fluent and literate in Japanese, but we can get him to be functionally literate in Japanese (if possible!)

We don't want to pressure him toomuch, so he can make his own choices.  He'll just have a jump on Japanese.