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Good Morning Dr. Leo,

Just an update for you on Jenna's progress.  Jenna is 21 months old. She now can count to twenty, although she sometimes gets confused between 14 and 16. She knows all the basic colors:  red, green, blue, yellow, orange, purple, black, white, pink.  She knows all her body parts. She loves to play with her dollhouses and read books.

Jenna is a wonderful conversationalist!  She speaks in complete sentences, and can easily carry on a conversation with an adult.  (She's great company when we have time by ourselves!) Every morning when we wake up, she hugs me and says "Oh Mommy, I love you". Then she goes to find her brothers, Richie and Nicholas. She tells me "I go tell brothers get up!". She is also very polite. She says please when she wants something, and when anyone does something for her or gives her something, she says "Thank you very much!".  If you say thank you to her, she says "You're welcome". People are always very surprised to hear her speaking so clearly at such a young age.  When I ask her what she wants to eat, she says "How about...." and then she tells me whatever it is that she wants. One day when she was about 18 or 19 months old, she told me that she wanted a salad. She just came over to me and said "Mommy, I want salad!". So I asked her again, "Do you want a salad?" and she said "Yes!". So I made her a one, and she ate the whole thing! Now that's a girl who knows what she wants! :)

When I look at Jenna, I can see that she has a level of understanding that children her age normally don't have. I can tell by her actions, the way she plays, and how she speaks and interacts with other people (both children and adults).

Hope to hear from you soon!

T. C.

Comment: I told the mother Jenna is a Harvard or Stanford candidate. They should save money for her college tuition starting now.

Leo Leonidas, MD, FAAP

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