thanks makka . I'm on her mailing list so had already heard. Made me a bit nervous about my wee venture I can tell you!

That is cute Natty

And thanks for the reassurance. I am taking comfort in the fact that things get a little bit (hold finger and thumb together to show just how little ) better each week.

Jammy your DD sounds pretty much at the same level with talking as my DS. He has just mastered "Bye Daddy" (very useful phrase around here). He is following in the footsteps of DD, and she was a late walker as well like your DD.
Anyway DD caught up quickly when she started and I think now has a bigger than average vocabulary. I think she is just a bit of a perfectionist!

jammy sounds like things improving. ive also said this before, but tom was nearly 2 1/2 before he could put two words together.
he doesnt shut up now.

ellen is in nappys, and is using baby signing.. she is apparently 'a baby, and is toooo little' (with finger and thumb togther to show me just HOW little) to do anything herself...
i think its hilarious

why not put a call out for moondog or one of the other SALTs on here and ask for a bit of advice on it? Or is that just worrying it into a problem iyswim?

now.....I have 15mins to decide whether or not I want wine and sports mix.......decisions decisions decisions.

No, she's not had a 2 year check. We got a letter from the HV shortly before her birthday, basically saying hope things are OK, remember we are here, we will be in touch at some point. I've been umming and erring about whether or not to approach them for a while. I don't think it's a long term problem, I think she can manage without saying much, is maybe a bit lazy, and is going to take after me, and some others from my family (and Daisy) and just suddenly start talking one day and never shut up! She certainly was late with the walking but once she started she just did it, no tottering a few steps at a time about for her! So maybe it'll be the same with the talking? I think I'll give it a while longer though (unless they approach us) as I'm not sold on our HVs really and things are improving.

Jammy, has she had her two year check? If so, what had your HV to say about her speech? If not, is it worth making an appointment? I've said it before, but I was very slow to start talking and wasn't talking properly until I was about three. I knew it all, just didn't have much to say

and for all DD was quick off the mark, she has suddenly decided that she isn't going to talk at all. some of it must be down to her sore throat, but the rest of it is just bloody mindedness I think.

Hope all illnesses hurry up and go away

Poor DS DAisy.

Your DS certainly does have a good appetite Fury. But in the photos I've seen he doesn't look too fat, just solid.

Nursery say that they've been concentrating on trying to help Jamlet with her speech, and that today she pointed to the sky and said "high" and to a whale in a book and said "fish" I heard her trying to say flower and road last week and at the weekend she tried to say duck when we saw a greetings card with one on She's slowly coming along with it.