Wow, so inspiring. I wonder, do you have to have used LR to enter this contest? Or is it just about babies reading in general? Again, I am just in awe, and happy there are so many other babies benefiting from Early Learning!

That's excellent. I would suggest hooking up with the local library. Ours lets us get up to 30 books and keep them for 3 weeks at a time. We go in once or twice a week and exchange about 5-6 books. I found that that has really helped her stay interested. Sometimes she falls in love with one of the books, and so we'll look for that one online to add to our collection. Keep going mama, you're doing great!

I just wanted to share an overheard conversation that made me think of the moms and kids in here

A man was bragging to his friend about his daughter. He was saying she is a "math genius". He then went on to say she can count to 20 and knows all her shapes. I almost chocked in my drink when he then said she will only be 3 in September.
I am glad he is proud of his daughter. But people truly don't know the potential of little kids. I absolutely love hearing about all the kids in here.it makes me open my eyes more and more each day and offer more things for James to learn.

I would love to hear some things that the Brill kids have been up to that goes beyond the norms.

... well Julia can do all these things, oh - and she'll be two in October, . Just posted at the top of the forum.

Hey BK Forum! It's been a while since we've been on but I wanted to come back and reassure anyone who has any doubts about these EL Programs to stay strong and keep going! We started YBCR when Juju was 3 months. She is now reading, not memorizing, READING. Like going down the beer isle and reading, Rolling Rock, Bud Light, Sam Adams, or going down the cereal isle and reading all of the different labels, golden puffs, cheerios, lucky charms. When we go to restaurants she can find words we give her like, pizza, chicken, cheese, bread, etc. When she turned 12 months I stopped showing her the videos, and she only saw the cards in daycare. She knows her colors, letters, shapes, and hundreds of animals. She speaks fluent sentences in English and two-three word phrases in Spanish. Her memory is outstanding. Once she's heard a word several times, it's part of her vocabulary. Now she stops her friends at daycare from eating things from the floor by saying, "don't eat that! that's got bacteria!" The best part of this? She's not turning two until October! Most people label her as a genius baby and can't believe their eyes when they see what she can do. I'm not sure that this is "normal" results from 9 months on YBCR, but I have to give credit where it's due. This program has enriched my daughter's life, forever. Again, to anyone doubting the power of EL programs, I'd like to testify that it DOES WORK! Keep going! Read everyday! You're doing something amazing for your child!

Josie

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Em's mum...

Should you give up? This response is coming from a very real and heartfelt part of myself. Yes. Give up and just allow things to be as they are. Have peace in your heart and wish peace for the hearts of your precious family. These spats about what names she's called are ridiculous. Let her call her whatever - if your daughter wants to she will, and if not - you win! But no matter what she calls her your daughter is Smart! She knows you are MOM and no one can take that from you with even the best effort. Those tears your mother-in-law cries are the same tears you cry when your feelings are hurt or you feel unloved. We all feel hurt the same way through our many different trials, and I am sure her feelings are genuine. What would happen if you just ignored the so called bad behavior of your relatives? What if you did just ask for a list of what she's eaten when she's with them, or watch and note the things she eats when you're all together to help check her allergies. (I suggest that cause my niece is going through the same deal, trying to pinpoint allergies.) What would be the result of your NON-REACTION? Would your daughter be put in any real immediate harm? Would she be in a more loving environment once this has all passed? Some mistaken non-reaction for complacency, when it is quite the opposite. It is the ability to set your ego aside, and see God in everyone, for we are all of God. Answer these questions honestly for yourself. There is love beneath all of this. Namaste.

LDSMom... I couldn't agree with you more They have this spanish/english songs dvd that has songs that go with the background music on the YBCR videos. If he likes the reg. videos... he'll LOVE these. It's a little cheesy but who cares? We all need a little cheese in our lives

So Juju turned one October 20th!! Her progress has been outstanding!!! We did the 2 week trial ofLR and she loves it. She can read the words just as fast as they flash in the "word flash". her pronunciation is as good as ever! I would say she can say Any 1-2 syllable word you want her to. I would say she is well over 100 words at this point. She now says "the"  in front of nouns.... I.e.. The ball... The juice... She can also say 3 word sentences... Need the cup.... Want the apple juice.... Not the lite.... Bubbles popp popp popp... And her fav. Song came after her birthday and hearing happy birthday  song so many times.  "happy happy juju!!!"  and she sings it all the time! I wonder.... Is this typical for most of the babies on early learning programs.... The verbal ability??? What can I do to further develop her sentence structures.

Some video of JuJu using a made at home PP. These videos are harder to get than I thought!

Enjoy!

Wow.. I'll bet that can be really frustrating. I think that if it were me, I would just flip the script on ole grand-mere. Every time she does that, don't immediately go on the defensive. You know what I mean... rolling your eyes, or letting her know by your body language that she's once again succeeded at making you feel uncomfortable. Instead, be happy all the time. Let her know that she can't MAKE you feel insecure as she has in the past. When she tells your baby, 'call me mami' come right back with a playful, no, I'm your mami, that's your grand-mere'. Hug her and laugh with her and treat it as if it's just a game you and her grand mere like to play. This way she will get the message but with no hard feelings. If she has the nerve to get upset, well... she'll be tasting her own medicine. Don't let this bring you down, or deteriorate your relationship with your husband.  Know that only YOU can make YOU feel any certain way. I can almost guarantee you that this will work. One day you'll look back on all of this and laugh. Don't worry, your baby will soon be old enough where she'll know exactly what she wants to call everyone and there won't be much they can do about it Happy Days!

JuJuBees Mami

Thanks for all the great feedback. I use words from the YBCR program as well as words that we use on a daily basis in my PP. I do show her letter flashcards, but we just started about a week ago. So far she knows, can recognize and vocalize, all of the vowels, B, S, T, and a couple others. I don't really keep track of how many words she know, cause she says new ones all the time. I think more than anything, her verbal abilities are outstanding. She loves the sound of her own voice. She sings songs and you can catch a couple of the words as she babbles along; abc's, happy bday, itsy spider, twinkle star, and some spanish nursery rhymes she learned from her nursery teacher.
I also have the YBCR Lyrics Video in Spanish and English, and she LOVES it, so I'm sure the fact that she actually enjoys the videos has a great impact on her learning.

I kind of take jujus lead when it comes to teaching her. One thing I have noticed about juju is sometimes we'll see a word and she'll try to say it. Let's say the word is 'pot'. She'll look at it and say something off like, 'dat', then she looks fro a few more seconds and says 'pat', then lets off some babbling and finally will say 'pot' and she knows once she's said it right cause she'll start to turn it into a question, 'pot?' Sometimes we need to just give them a second to figure the word out trying not to interrupt with 'whats that say' a bunch of times

As far as a brain scan... probably not But I'm excited to see where she is a few months from now. She'll be 1 on the 20th!

My daughter startedYbcr When she was 3 months. We did the program 5-7 times a week, following the suggested schedule and utilizing the flashcards and my own personal power point presentations. Juju absolutely loves to read, and be read to. She is now 11 months old and is blowing me away with her vocabulary. She can repeat almost any 1-2 syllable word u ask her to, and calls out objects by name when she sees them. She asks for "apple juice" and asks for the lights to be "on" or " off". When we're at the grocery store people are blown away by her speaking at such a young age. We never have to force her to do lessons cause she asks for her "books" and " cards" on her own. She knows the names of all our close family members and even our friends. One day I wrote "colt"s name on paper and she read it never having seeing it written befor. I followed with the other kids names in the nursery at daycare and she got those too!  She isn't even one yet and is leaps beyond her peers. The one thing that seems most important to me when teaching is when she loses interest we stop right away until she's ready.... And giving long pauses after I show her cards with new words. She'll say it four or five times changing her pronunciation each time till it sounded rite to her. Ok... I'm done bragging, but if you're considering ybcr do it!!! Follow the steps and make it fun, the results will show themselves.