Head, shoulders, knees, and toes

Well, maybe not quite. But Benji does know many of his body part words, including ear, nose, mouth, eye, hair, hand, foot, and belly. Daddy says they always sing a body parts song at one of the story times they go to each week. Repetition and singing work!

We also learned Sunday night that Benji knows the meaning of the word "dance" and gets very excited to play "Super baby!"

And tonight we quizzed Benji on a wide variety of words. He knew most of them including all the body parts from above, pants, bib, water, cracker, high chair, spoon, flowers, plate, cup, pizza, and table. He didn't get shirt, floor, or cart. From past experience we already know he knows mama, dada, duck, dog, shoe, boat, your room, diaper, book, frog, letter, sock, banana, sweep, dance, phone, call (on the phone), bye-bye, fish, bell, stairs, outside/out, coat, and door. We still think he doesn't know the simple word ball yet, but it's clear Benji has quite the vocabulary of receptive language (almost 40 words!).