His Talmidat: Her Resume

I read this comment on principleddiscovery.com by JavaBean just last night:

Parents also say to me, “Oh I admire you doing that [homeschool]. I could never teach my own child! It would drive me crazy.” Who taught her to walk? Who taught her to talk? Who taught her to tie her shoes and catch a ball? Parents begin teaching their child at birth, why hand them over for someone else to teach just because they are 5?

That coupled with my recent post on my goals for Teeny Tiny's future made me start thinking of all the things she has learned already. If only we continued to learn that quickly!

1st week:

How to breath air
How to filter light, cold, and noise
How to cry (and cry and cry)
How to eat
What it means to be hungry (okay, she still doesn't totally understand this concept, but it started here)
How to find mama
How to track
How to fill a diaper

Since then, how to:

Sleep (it took forever but she's pretty good now)
Grab things
Roll over
Laugh
Smile
Get attention
Get fed
Sit up
Stand up
Walk
Fall
Enjoy animals (next is learning that you can't lay on all animals)
Eat solids
Chew
Survive teething
Point
High Five
A bit of sign language
Call Mama's name/make her run with joy
Basic language skills

"boo"
"Ow"
"Ma" = more
"Koo Koo" = sound a train makes
"Kay koo" = thank you
"Book" or "A Books"
"Hi"
"Bye Bye" (to be said when hanging up the phone, leaving a room, leaving one spot on the floor for another, leaving the presence of a stranger who just walked by...)
Many animal sounds: "meow" "baa" "moo" "neigh" "arf, arf" "ee, ee" "buck, buck"
"Ts that?" = what is that?!
"buka" = broken
"Ni night"
"Enty" = Empty
Family names
"Poopy poopy poopy!"
"mamadada" our favorite name