I never thought much about communicating before I had kids. Even once Cameron was born I didn’t think to much about it. Rob and I spoke and decided we didn’t want to use baby talk and that we would speak to our children like little adults so that they would learn to speak clearly and that was it until Cameron was about 15 moths old and not speaking. I didn’t really know any different so I just assumed he would speak when he was ready. A pediatrician noticed it and was (not worried but…) suspicious about it and referred us to a speech therapist for an evaluation. The wait list was really long and it took 8 months to get an appointment. By then I had forgotten all about it as one day Cam started talking and… Well… He hasn’t stopped since. I was at that same time that I noticed that Nate (who then was almost a year) wasn’t speaking either. But Nate unlike Cameron also didn’t babel much. He didn’t make those cute cooing sounds or noises that sound like speech just not in any language adults can understand. He was very quiet. This combined with his health problems caused me some concern so I had him referred for an evaluation. As it turned out he was/is delayed in his speech but is doing well.
I have been thinking about beginning comunication again because Aly (now 7 months) has been expanding her communication skills. She has been a babler since she was born. Cooing and making sounds. Recently she began using other forms of comunication. She has been copying sounds and doing things like smacking her lips to tell us she’s hungry and reaching out when she wants to be picked up.
It is so excited to watch as they grow and to see them develop new skills and personality.