...I'm not saying my baby is gifted, or even bright for that matter. She is 7.5 months so way to early for any of that!
Out of all the places on Mumsnet, however, Im hoping this section will allow me a proud mama moment. I haven't said anything to anyone in real life, but I want to shout from the roof tops how proud I am of DD.
Last week she took her first few wobbly steps. She's been babbling mama for a while now but yesterday she was trying reach for something behind me, I looked around gave her toy panda (soft toy she has had from birth) and she smiled and said clear as day "panda". She also recognises her name and other familiar words such as "bath time" "dinner" "grandad" She is so aware. When I sing to her she claps at the end of the song, she can wave hello and goodbye. Her attention span is incredible. We read a lot together, she can turn the pages of the board books at the right moments (still too rough for the paper books but she will sit and listen to several stories back to back). I can leave her in her playpen with one toy whilst I cook and eat dinner (popping my head in to check on her of course!) and she is still happy babbling and playing with it when I come back. She smiles at everyone. At baby groups she crawls to the centre and stares at the person leading the group, completely engaged. (I am the least interesting person in the room!). She loves music and has just started to "sing" notes,for example if I leave out the last note of twinkle twinkle little star she will fill in the gap with "ahhhhhh". I'm just so proud of how well she is doing.
I'm not doing anything specific, it's just her. I'm sure she will even out in time but at the moment she seems so ahead.
Thank you for letting me indulge and boast about my baby.