Talking at 10 Months

Gwen's language development has really impressed us over the past few weeks. At only 10 months old, she already knows several words. Sometimes she needs prompting, as you'll see from the video, but she says these words accurately and clearly enough on her own that Megan and I are confident that she not only can say the words, but also understand their meaning. For example, every time we're at the store and Gwen sees another baby, she points and says, "baby!" (even though it sounds a little more like "meemee.") When we walked outside this morning the first thing she did was look straight up, point to the moon, and say "moon!" When she sees a picture of a cow, she says "mmmm" which is as close as she can get to "moo." In one of her books there is a picture of a Dalmation, and Gwen will often say "mmmm" instead of "dog."

She's not always accurate (the worst is when she says, "baby" instead of "Dada,") and you'll see in the video that she doesn't quite get "ball," but we've been amazed with her verbal skills for a 10-month old.

I've been trying to teach her to play the note "C" on her piano. She hasn't done it yet, but she nearly nails it in this video (she hits the "B.") What she does do now, though, is to use her index finger to play a single note when I ask her to play "C."