tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post6089896259714274489..comments2023-06-29T04:55:38.985-04:00Comments on Hydrangeas are pretty: Communication...Shellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03159550437519461534noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-77233608990123374322007-04-19T12:16:00.000-04:002007-04-19T12:16:00.000-04:00She is doing great :) and you ladies are too btw.....She is doing great :) and you ladies are too btw... we are generally unsure of the mini's babbles as well but if it sounds like cat we nod and grin like idiots so then it eventually turns into cat... maybe that's how it works after all.cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499558026064730483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-17077678455793037702007-04-15T15:43:00.000-04:002007-04-15T15:43:00.000-04:00I understand your concerns. I had a lot of simila...I understand your concerns. I had a lot of similar concerns with Alexander, especially with Lauren's communication delays...<BR/><BR/>Alexander didn't speak much at 16 months, but now at 2 years old we can't get him to stop.<BR/><BR/>I know how hard it is to "just wait and see" but at this point I think it's your best bet. Multilingual children do tend to talk later and I think Malka will be just fine.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238624514348644973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-17345279519873719742007-04-14T10:40:00.000-04:002007-04-14T10:40:00.000-04:00All children should be so lucky to have the many l...All children should be so lucky to have the many linguistic opportunities that Malka has. Just you wait...pretty soon Ms. Malka will be talking SO much that you are going to wonder when she will slow down a bit.<BR/>:-)Msabcmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873520963195947408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-43781103083626293152007-04-13T21:10:00.000-04:002007-04-13T21:10:00.000-04:00Malka is doing great, and she's not even 16 months...Malka is doing great, and she's not even 16 months yet, right? Helen is just the cutest little talker ever right now, and she definitely didn't have more than Malka at 16 months. It will come.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540289001959333815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-73780330683992613642007-04-13T20:53:00.000-04:002007-04-13T20:53:00.000-04:00There's a (in hindsight) funny story about my mom'...There's a (in hindsight) funny story about my mom's terror and hysterical phone call to her own mother insisting there was something wrong with me because I talked late. (In only one language.) I think Malka sounds great.Lohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507793708832982682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-17687932259726280972007-04-13T14:17:00.000-04:002007-04-13T14:17:00.000-04:00Everything that I've heard says that kids raised i...Everything that I've heard says that kids raised in multilingual environments tend to start speaking a little bit later, but not to worry. <BR/><BR/>Their brains are just laying in the wiring for all those different languages -- as you have observed, she's fine on the receptive side. When she's ready, she'll talk to you in all those languages, and she'll be able to contextually respond in the appropriate language. That's gotta be hard to learn!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998040.post-39089874403285341322007-04-13T12:50:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:50:00.000-04:00I, too was raised in a multi-langual familly, and ...I, too was raised in a multi-langual familly, and didn't utter a word until I was almost 3. I just didn't feel like it I guess ! Malka seems to have her own agenda ; she might just surprise you one day and start speaking in full sentences, out of the blue...Just a trumpet playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392398536254080285noreply@blogger.com