An 'explosion of language'

We read that there comes a time in every child's development that there is an 'explosion of language.' We feel that we are currently witnessing this explosion.

It would be impossible for us to begin to calculate how many words you have in your vocabulary because you are surprising us every day. At least once a day, you say something that makes your Mummy and I look at each other, frown and ask, "Noah, how can you possibly know that?"

Every time we pick you up from nursery, all of the staff bang on about how much difference they can see in you after only a week. They always have a story about the things you have been saying and making everyone laugh.

You are constantly narrating your little world, whether there are people present or not. Sentences are becoming longer and longer and your words more and more complex.

You have quite a healthy collection of books, and when we read your favourites with you, we don't have to even read it aloud, as you seem to have memorised a lot of the lines!

We are fully aware that every single child goes through exactly the same thing at one time or another and we certainly aren't making any 'child genius' claims about you. There is just a bottomless pit of pride we have for you and we always want you to know that.