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Idioglossia from Joanna79 ^Pro 2 days old

Idioglossia: Idioglossia refers to an idiosyncratic language, one invented and spoken by only one or a very few people. Most often, idioglossia refers ...

The mystery of Bah-Diddy from Joanna79 ^Pro 27 days old

For a couple of weeks now, the girls have been shouting Bah Diddy at frequent intervals. We’re pretty up to speed with most of ‘their’ words for things ...

I STUCK! I STUCK! from Joanna79 ^Pro 95 days old

This is R's current favourite phrase. She uses it when she is *actually* stuck in or on something and also if she simply doesn't want to do a particular ...

Oof and Gway from Joanna79 ^Pro 111 days old

We're trying to teach the girls to their names. Ambitiously, we're also trying to get them to say each other's names. Oof and Gway is as far as we've ...

Pieces of eight from Joanna79 ^Pro 177 days old

G has turned into a little parrot, mimicing almost everything that we say - or the end of it, anyway. Us: "Do you want to have a dance?" G: "DANCE?" Us: ...

Sixteen month update from Joanna79 ^Pro 218 days old

[ ... ] attention to talking and forming actual words. I was fretting about their lack of clear speech but they seem to be reaching the ‘parrot’ stage and ...

Dadadadadad and Mamamamama! from Joanna79 ^Pro 373 days old

As we took the girls up to bed tonight we walked past the photograph of dh in his graduation garb. G looked at the picture, gestured towards it, waved, ...

All about the DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA! from Joanna79 ^Pro 502 days old

G’s latest noise (or attempt at talking) is DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA, which is going to be Dada and then Daddy eventually. I reckon R’s first ‘word’ ...

The language of babies from Joanna79 ^Pro 620 days old

We’ve noticed that the girls have become very ‘chatty’ over the last couple of weeks. I might be going completely doolally, but I think I’ve worked out ...