Owen babbles non stop. And loudly. With only about three words I can understand. I'm convinced he's just inventing his own language and expects us to learn it.

Stephanie, that's so EXCITING! YAY!!!

Good luck on the interview, vw.

We're thrilled she's saying "Uh-oh bubble" and not "Fucking cocksucking goddamn bastard son of a whore bubble!"

That's reassuring, Cashmere, because it's more or less what Annabel does, only NSM babble nonstop as occasionally when she's in the mood for it. She says hi, daddy, and bye, will echo "thank you" as ay-ooh, occasionally (as in maybe once a week) will come out with mama, kee for kitty, or bayba for baby, though she hasn't done the latter in weeks despite all my pointing to pictures of babies and asking her to tell me what they are. And sometimes she'll echo. Last week I was getting her lunch ready and talking about what I was putting on her tray. I said, "And this is cheese." She said, "izz izz eez?" So it's not like she doesn't make a sound, but she's not making lots of obvious progress either. I'll be glad when she finally gets through this so I can stop stressing about it (at which point I'll probably start stressing about her reading, since DH and I were both self-taught early readers--but at least I don't fret overly about her health and safety or other aspects of her development).

Oh, thank God! My loan money has been put back in my account at school. Phew! I can breathe again.

I'll be glad when she finally gets through this so I can stop stressing about it (at which point I'll probably start stressing about her reading, since DH and I were both self-taught early readers--but at least I don't fret overly about her health and safety or other aspects of her development).

Well, it's good to have plans, anyway.

GREAT news, vw.

Good news, vw!

I remember Sean, my sister's firstborn, was mostly babbling for a very long time. That's when I developed my theory that babies learn their own language first, and then adapt to our language when it becomes clear that we're all too stupid to keep up with them.

Obviously, Annabel has a lot of faith in you and Dylan, Susan.

That's when I developed my theory that babies learn their own language first, and then adapt to our language when it becomes clear that we're all too stupid to keep up with them.

Occasionally you hear stories about identical twins who develope their own language that no one else can understand.

Annabel is actually saying words. She's just not saying them perfectly. That's beyond babble, Susan, and sounds fine for 17 month old.

Whoo hooo, Stephanie! That is just wonderful news.

Good news on the cash too, bug. What a sense of relief.

Dr.'s office called this morning. I've got an appointment on Saturday morning. It's step in the right direction.