Who's Your Daddy?

Molly is getting noticeably more interested in words these days. Not so much saying them, but hearing them and understanding them. She is learning to understand new words almost every day. We can get her to point to her nose, head, tummy, fingers, elbows, and ears. She can verbalize a bit - "dah" for duck, "bah" for book, and this morning she pointed to both of our noses and tried to say "nose," but it came out more like "nuuuu." As you can tell, she doesn't ever really say the second half of any words - just the first sound.

She is also going book crazy, and asks endlessly to have books read to her. She especially likes "Mr. Brown Can Moo" by Dr. Suess - a gift from her Grandpa H.! Although reading to her is a great thing to do, we do have to put a limit on it, especially at bedtime, when all she does is toddle out of our laps and reach for the bookshelf, screaming over and over for another one.

She's also understanding the words "mama" and "dada." Or at least, sort of. When I ask, "Where's Dada?" she points right at her daddy. Yay! But when I ask "Where's Mama?" she points right at ... her daddy.