Same with me and my older sister - she used to have to translate my babble for my mom. Later on (when I was 19, and about to have my wisdom teeth out) it developed that I had a very short frenulum (the little membrane that anchors one's tongue to the "floor" of one's mouth") . The surgeon offered to snip it for me - which I declined - but he did say that it might very well have contributed to my talking problems as a toddler.
(This next part's more for pyat: But it's been my observation that second children with very bright, articulate, helpful older sibs do talk later - I think they don't *need* to be understood as much as their older sibs did. And I think we as parents depend more on our first kid talking to figure out what they want - by the second one, you're a bit more informed as to the needs of young children. But that's just my opinion based on my limited experience.
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Date: 2008-04-27 05:57 pm (UTC)(This next part's more for