Why?

Our dear Elaine baffles me. Her little personality makes me want to laugh and pull my hair out at the same time. If you have ever heard her count she is all over the place it usually goes something like this: 1,2,4,6,8,10,11 teen (her own number) No matter how often I try and correct her she counts the same way. One day I did listen to the conversation she was having with herself and heard her say 1,2,3 but when I asked her to do it she went back to the usual way. She loves to count especially the stairs. Going up or down she always says "Hold my hand. Count with me." Then, yesterday I noticed she could count them herself, in Spanish. She counts to 6 perfectly in Spanish. No hesitation. My question is: What does Dora have that I don't besides a cute accent and friends that are animals? Thank goodness I can count on Nick Jr. to teach my child. Thank you to the creators of Dora, Diego and Kai Lan. Without them my child not ever be ready to school. At least she can learn from her animated friends. If she ignores us like this now what is going to happen when she is a teenager? Thinking about it gives me a headache.