Ummm...Is This Normal?

Let us begin by saying that we in no way taught Caleb to do what you are about to see...

Here's how it happened... On mommy's way to Geby's to pick Caleb up she thought she would download some new apps to her iPhone that Cae could play in the car on the way home. She was looking for a phonics app so Cae could start learning to associate sounds with the letters he already knows and stumbled across a couple new letter apps, a number app, and a shape app.* Mommy knew he would enjoy the letter and number games, but seeing as we have NEVER, and I mean NEVER, gone over shapes with Cae before, she figured he would just play around with it and lose interest quickly. Oh no, not our little Einstein...

Cut to the drive home. Mommy is driving and Caleb is in the back playing with the iPhone. Mommy hears him successfully identify all the letters on the letter game (no shocker there), then he proceeds to identify all the numbers on the number game (again we knew he could do that), but then gets to the shapes. Mommy waits to hear lots of "try again's" and "pick another" but instead the game keeps saying "Yay," "good job," and "you earned a sticker." What??

About an hour later daddy gets home and mommy tells him about the new apps she downloaded. Together mommy, daddy, and Caleb sit down to play. Again, he breezes through the letters and numbers with no problem. Then we get to the shapes...

Daddy says, "Oh, how did he do with this one since we never taught him shapes".

Mommy says, "Watch"

So we ask you again... Is this normal? I mean baby boy saw the game for the first time less than 2 hours ago? Unfortunately the camera battery died before we could capture him correctly identifying the hexagon and rectangle. How in the world does an 18 month old know what a crescent is, or a hexagon for that matter?? We know adults who can't even identify a hexagon? We also think it's pretty amazing that Cae has the patience to listen to the phone give him directions and then respond accordingly. Aren't 18 month olds supposed to have a very little attention span??

Again, we've never covered shapes. Especially not hexagon and crescent. Maybe Geby is teaching him?? If so, all parents should take their kids to Geby immediately! All we know is that nothing this boy does surprises us anymore.

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* I did eventually find a phonics app, but it seems a bit too advanced for Caleb because you have to trace the letters on the phone. Who knows though, at the rate baby boy is learning he might bust out some perfect cursive script at any minute. Really, we wouldn't be surprised.