We know Brooke can count to three, although occasionally she jumps the gun and goes to three before one :) She surprised me a bit this morning by counting all the way to nine. I know she knows a lot of numbers and a lot of letters, she can point them out and name them. I figured she has a pretty good ability for memorization.
Today we were in Target and we picked out some new pony-tail holders and barrettes (all of which she refers to as "bows"). I asked her how many bows she had as they were laid out in front of her. She did her usual "1, 2, 3". So I said "Three?", because there were actually four in front of her.
She replied "four"
I said "four?"
She said "five"
I said "five?"
She said "six"
I said "six?"
She said "seven"
I said "seven?"
She said "eight"
I said "eight?"
And she said "nine"
I actually followed up with "Nine?" and she might have said "ten", but I am not sure enough to confirm that. It might have been babble, but she actually might have counted all the way to ten!
Anyway, this was pretty crazy. I dont even know how she got up that far. I count with her a lot and she sees counting on television as well, but I had no clue she was absorbing to that level. And this wasnt just a freak occurrence ... she counted up to nine at least three more times today, once on the phone for Daddy!
Napping
On another note, her sleeping has been quite different lately. She is getting up a bit earlier than she used to, about 6:30 instead of 7:00. It isnt a huge difference, but it is when you count on those thirty minutes :) But I think she is trying to cope with that loss in sleep with longer naps - she has gone from 1.5 hour naps to 3 or more hours! Because she is sleeping so long, she is sleeping all the way to dinner time. Thats pushing back her bedtime, which is making her sleep less hours at night and I think reinforcing the longer naptime again. So its a bit of a funny cycle and causing a shuffle in the way we do things around here lately :)
