I cannot remember if I have posted about this in the past, but Riley has a mobile with a bunch of Wallys (Boston Red Sox mascot) and a baseball hanging from the ceiling fan over his crib. He has loved Wally from the minute his eyes could see far enough to notice him. (I have some adorable pictures of him smiling and reaching towards Wally from when he was an infant.) Well, now he has begun to understand that Wally has a particular song that goes along with him. Each morning he will point to Wally and say "Wally's song". At which point you absolutely MUST sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" on repeat until he (or you) grows tired of it. It was during one of these delightful renditions of the song that we discovered that Riley understood what "1-2-3" meant. Turns out that he can count to 10 (although it often takes some prodding). Who knew?!?
We also discovered that they must work on their ABCs at school too. When we first started singing the alphabet song to him at home, he could usually repeat it up to c or d. About a week later when I was singing it to him again to distract him long enough to change his diaper, he made it to h. Then he'd say a few unintelligable things and come to "elmo p", which I'm pretty sure is l m n o p. A few weeks later and he can make it through the whole alphabet (well, at least on some days). It's amazing how quickly they seem to be able to learn at this age.
Guess it's time to really pay attention to what we are saying in front of him.
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