Raq, as for worrying about dropping words--O did that some, too. I think once they master something making the sound it doesn't seem as important to them. Owen dropped a few words that he used early on and I tried everything to get him to repeat them but when he decided he needed them, he pulled them back out.
This was my experience with all three children, as well. And not just with speech. Lots of times, they'd master a new skill, get bored with it, and drop it for a while--stuff like waving bye-bye and playing peek-a-boo comes to mind.
Make a concerted effort to talk and read to him, and give him opportunities to answer, where it is clear you expect him to answer. He is too young (probably) to do it too much, but you can start. Choices are a good way to encourage speech; ask him things like: do you want apples or grapes?
there is orb for the first time in days. I have to go to work ...why?
Because the orb is a shiny but evil taunter.
I [heart] JohnSweden (like that's news).
::preens:: The 80s movies discussion got me wanting that as a tag, and it almost all fits. (as a career)
I picked the lock on hers one morning (she didn't come in until ~10) and left a note that said "STOP GOING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S DESKS!! -God" Which pretty much stopped it.
Love. That may work better than trying to get Roberto the security guy to set up a hidden camera, which is the current plan.
It was frosted with ex-lax.
We've considered something like this too. Brilliant execution on her part.
My tiny, private, family-owned company is being bought out by a Big, Public Firm.
Good luck with that! Back in 1996, our medium-sized, family-owned company got bought out by one of the biggest international conglomerates in the publishing business which already owned a bunch of our (smaller) competitors. After much reorganization (which wasn't all the Dutch overlord's fault--we had been going through that in preparation to going on the sales block) and IMO some ridiculously high profit expectations by the Dutch (they wanted us to cover the smaller US companies' profit margins as well as our own), it seems to have settled down into a smoothly running operation ten years later. Of course, it helps that our former CEO is now the conglomerate's CEO (and one of Forbes "most powerful women in business," to boot!).
In today's shower news. I have a new soap made by a local guy- it is anise and shay butter. Interesting that my favorite lush soap is olive oil and fennel. the Lush soap is much more subtlly sented
I have no corporate buyout news, and no new soap. Nor do I have any more Diet Coke, which is vexing me to no end. Chocolate would be good too. Should I haul my lazy ass off the chair and walk over to the Chocolate Moose?
Maria! I have Diet Coke with Lime. The odds of someone buying out my company, which consists only of me, are very small.
Maria!!!!! I always vote yes for chocolate.
