tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10850908.post7324395375038843382..comments2023-09-29T08:59:22.486-05:00Comments on i really do admire her candor: Obsess Much?LaTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16666980882353354061noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10850908.post-28697721126588197552009-07-19T18:07:56.979-05:002009-07-19T18:07:56.979-05:00And, MIL... *rolls eyes*.And, MIL... *rolls eyes*.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02288102510155680344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10850908.post-6286722371441335392009-07-19T18:06:42.660-05:002009-07-19T18:06:42.660-05:00It seems we have Men of Action on our hands. There...It seems we have Men of Action on our hands. There are worse things, I guess.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02288102510155680344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10850908.post-88677585103197908412009-07-17T08:06:44.830-05:002009-07-17T08:06:44.830-05:00Max is the same. He babbles constantly, and he ges...Max is the same. He babbles constantly, and he gestures and acts like he's having a conversation with you... only he isn't using real words. He understands everything we say to him, and at the end of my phone calls he always says "bye" after I say "bye." I guess four recognizable words every day isn't too bad, and some days he says a lot more than that. <br /><br />Max never uses real words in front of people he doesn't see every day until they've been around for at least an hour or two (and sometimes not even then), so people he sees in passing a lot think he doesn't talk at all. My MIL is constantly saying that he should be talking more and is always pressuring him to say new words, which makes me crazy. He usually clings to his paci when she starts doing that, then she takes it away and says, "You can't talk with that thing in your mouth." If she'd chill out a little bit, he'd probably throw the paci down on his own. I let him have it when he wants it, and most of the time he leaves it on the coffee table (or puts it in a bowl and puts the lid on it).<br /><br />And yes, I've told her to stop pressuring Max and that he *will* spit out the pacifier when he's ready. I've also told her that he actually does talk when he isn't pressured. But she doesn't listen. Because she does everything better than I do.LaTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666980882353354061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10850908.post-14693002005392366712009-07-17T01:25:49.986-05:002009-07-17T01:25:49.986-05:00I wouldn't worry. Dec isn't much of a talk...I wouldn't worry. Dec isn't much of a talker yet, either (in English, though he maintains a constant dialogue in Dec-ese), but he clearly understands English from me, and follows my phone conversations intently, etc. I think they take their own time. I know people who talked early, and people who talked late, and neither seems any smarter than the other by adulthood, so I guess it all settles in the end. <br /><br />Don't get too obsessive. ;)H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02288102510155680344noreply@blogger.com