I know that I'm being ridiculous, I live 90% of my life under that assumption, but I really do think that Marin is a smart little girl. I know that every parent says that about their child, especially their first, so I try so hard not to take myself seriously. Currently I'm stuck in that 10% of non-ridiculousness and loving the sure knowledge that Marin is in fact the smartest 16 month old to ever have graced this planet. I have many examples to support this certain knowledge, but I will only bore you with a few.
1. Just the other night, some good friends of ours were kind enough to watch Marin so that KT and I could slip away for a meeting without her. When we picked her up. The husband of the couple told me how smart she is and how much she really comprehends what is going on. And she really does. you can talk to her like a normal person and she really does seem to get it. It's bizarre. You may be saying, "so what? some guy told you that she was smart." Well, I don't think that he's just some guy. He's a really smart guy himself. He's here working at Duke Hospital as an anaesthetist. Maggie, you can tell Ron that he made my week. LOL.
2. I give you this video. It's not the best example of her skills, but she sure looks cute in it.
Sorry that she didn't get to D. I'm not sure why she quit. D is actually her favorite letter. We have a Sesame street CD that has a song about the letter D. that's how I know that it's her fave.
Did you note that she's not just repeating, she actually knows what comes next. Seriously, I don't think that most kids at 16 Mo. can do this.
3. She knows an extensive amount of anatomy. When asked, if she's not playing shy, she will point to:
hair
head, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, cheeks, and chin
neck
shoulders
back
belly
belly button
arms
elbows (she actually points to her wrists)
hands and fingers (she knows the difference)
legs
knees
feet and toes (also knows the difference)
4. She started at 13 months coming to us and patting her bottom while saying "inky" when she had taken a poop. Then when we acknowledged her, she would run over to the diaper bag and get a diaper and wipes and then bring them back to us.
She doesn't do this so much anymore. But sometimes we still get lucky.
These are just a few reason why I know that she's an uber genius. I'll now just sit back and wait for our call from MENSA.
Thank you, and you may now feel free to talk about how amazing it is that Marin is so smart when her father is such a moron.
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3 comments:
Let us not forget how smart her mother is...she's bound to be a genius.
is really is smart little thing! we love watching her, she is such a sweet little girl!
love this post. i remember saying all of these things about evan. i still seem to think he is one of the smartest kids his age. i recall being soooo pleased that he could point to any letter and tell us what the letter name was and its sound before he was 2. i am sure he wasn't the smartest, but i still like to believe it is/was true. i give props to the parents. she wouldn't know the stuff if you weren't teaching it in one way or another.
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