tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30374019.post185692551979064459..comments2007-08-18T10:14:08.699+01:00solveighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05216295134402251661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30374019.post-54891120459136287082007-08-18T10:14:00.000+01:002007-08-18T10:14:00.000+01:00Oh, wow, that's quite a good array of grandparent names! At least there will never be any confusion as to who you are referring to! Thanks for the explanation. :)Sylkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13873884375517564608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30374019.post-67007373264248775232007-08-16T14:17:00.000+01:002007-08-16T14:17:00.000+01:00Sylke - Adrian's grandma is German. His mother (who is half German - obviously!) has decided to be Oma to her grandchildren. So Freyja has an Oma, a Nain (my mum is Welsh) an Afi (my dad is Icelandic) and a Grandpa!<BR/><BR/>Rowan - Apparently my brother just used to point and go 'eee' until he was 2! It's been really nice the last few weeks with Freyja finally starting to repeat words back to me, but she also does a lot of pointing and grunting, which she just expects me to be able interpret.solveighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05216295134402251661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30374019.post-4484373103140829232007-08-16T10:56:00.000+01:002007-08-16T10:56:00.000+01:00Freyja can say Helena and that is the most important thing. Don't worry about anything else. ;-)Helenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00775427235708836778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30374019.post-38393454857492283552007-08-16T07:58:00.000+01:002007-08-16T07:58:00.000+01:00Sam isn't talking at all, he just grunts! He can sort of say "maaaa" when he's looking for me, and "b" sounds, but really just communicates with grunts and pointing. I'm not overly bothered about it as I think its quite funny! Also, Jacob talks so much, I'm not sure Sam could get a word in edgewise :-)<BR/><BR/>What's interesting is just how children develop differently. Jacob was an early talker and his use of language and his need to acquire more words (and comprehend their meaning) is really amazing. We're thinking of getting some of those Muzzy language DVDs - I'd love him to be bi-lingual.<BR/><BR/>As Doug says, I'd love Sam to have a first language, never mind a second ;-)Rowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151785082691128693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30374019.post-10938936152415109412007-08-15T21:28:00.000+01:002007-08-15T21:28:00.000+01:00Yes, it is amazing how much they understand. I only copped on recently that Yannick knows quite a lot of words already and now I am actively trying to teach him more, for example body parts. But the only things we get to hear from him are sounds like brmm for cars and lately oo oo for whoof whoof. But he is using a lot of signing (we did sing and sign) and manages to express quite a lot that way.<BR/>Hey, I am amazed to see oma in your post, what is it German or Dutch? *nosey* :)Sylkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13873884375517564608noreply@blogger.com