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[akabetina]

This Saturday, I woke early, showered,dressed to my shoes, started some laundry, strapped my heart monitor for the first time, and went for a 30 minute interval walk.  I came back home feeling great.  Really haven't dropped back down again.  I deactivated ad blocked all the Facebook apps, removing all the strangers from my friends lists so I can

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[alenxa]

If Becca's getting somewhere with written language, as she seems to be, I wouldn't worry about the spoken side. Knowing that letters spell things, and what those things are, is harder than knowing that words represent things (unless I'm really forgetting my language acquisition classes). I imagine you're insisting that she tell you what she wants rather than doing the point-grunt routine; my sister has baby-sat for kids who will speak as little as you let them get away with, so as long as they're not getting clearly frustrated and upset by the prospect of having to use words, you need to be consistent.

Who knows...one of these days she might wake up and greet you out of the blue with "Good morning Mommy, I would like pancakes please."