The Obsession - Clocks

Every day Joshua's vocabulary is growing. He will learn a new word, see that object and then find that object in a variety of different places and say the name. Over the past month, Joshua has learned the new word, "clock". Joshua has actually become obsessed with clocks. My inlaws have a grandmother clock and whenever Joshua goes over there, he looks forward to hearing it chime. His grandmom and grandpop often change the time just so Joshua can hear it chime. Joshua now points to any clock that he sees and says "clock". Thank goodness over the past 2 weeks, it now really sounds like "clock" and not what it originally sounded like "cock". He will point to clocks around his grandparents house, at gym class (he actually likes walking over to and pointing to the clock and saying the word more so than some of the gym equipment), at stores, and in books. Joshua knows clocks when he sees the roundness of an object with the hour hand and second hand. (He doesn't know a digital clock is the same thing yet). However, there are other things out there that look similar to clocks that Joshua thinks are clocks. One thing he calls clocks are watches. OK, not very far off. However, it was pretty funny when we went to Whole Foods yesterday. Joshua pointed to the vegetable and fruit scale and called it a clock. He also pointed to the vegetable thermometer hanging above the vegetables and called it a clock too. Close enough. It is pretty smart that he can recognize things like that!