hi everyone! this is my first message on this board...although i have been lurking for a while!
our daughter will be 2 at the end of october and i have been curious about her milestones for a while now. I am nto sure if it is a case of mommy and dady thinking we have a smart cookie or if she is a bit advanced. The main reason I am wanting to know if because I am finding her bored a lot. It is getting harder and harder to keep her entertained and so I am wondering if she is a bit advanced are there any tricks, and if she is not advanced maybe it is just time to gut out the playroom and fill it up with some different toys etc!
So any observations would be really appreciated!
Here is our daughter, in terms of milestones, in a nutshell:
-I can not remember amny milestones from the first year...wow that was a hazy period of life! She walked just before she turned one, rolled over/lifetd head/smiled etc all on time, but not overly early I don't think.
-she read her first words at 21 months, and now knows around 100 words by site.
-she has known all of her colours for a long time now
-she knows her left and right
-she new to letters and sounds they make when she was about a year and a half?
-she knows her upper and lower case letters
-she can count objects up to about 10
-she knows big-little, same-different, close-far etc
-she has been builing tall towers out of blocks (well out of anythign really!) for a long time now...since about 10 or 12 months?
-she knows all of her body parts (and can read them!)
-has a huge vocabulary and speaks in sentences most of the time
-is starting to understand time. she gets that if the small hand is pointing at the 3 then it is 3:00, but we haven't done minutes yet (not sure how to teach that since she can't count by 5's?)
-she has a great imagination and I often find her feeding her babies, talking to her stuffed animals, or prentending to be a cat!
-she has a great memory and remembers events from months ago. she brings up funny stories or good memories as if they were yesterday.
-she has a great sense of humour! she tells little jokes and does things just to make us laugh!
-she does not sleep well. she has slept through the night maybe half a dozen times, and that is being generous. she could also go the whole day without a nap, but I still put her down for one and it does make the day and night go a bit smoother.
I am not sure what else to mention. I knwo it sounds like I am bragging and I do brag about my daughter...but only to family hahaha! Right now I am just trying to be honest and looking for some advice. Does she sound on track with the norm, or a bit advanced?
Thanks so much!
