twin speak

(i know i keep blogging about twins lately... sorry guys, i'll try to come up with some more general interest stuff at some point. there just seem to be twin topics cropping up in life. pry bc we have twins. anyways....)

i am beginning to wonder if the dudes are working on some twin speak. for those of you not familiar, twins can develop their own language in lieu of learning english (or whatever real language is spoken at home.) per our research, girl-girl & boy-girl twins rarely have language issues & stay mostly on par with singletons, but boy-boy twins usually have some language delay & are more likely to develop their own language.

& i think that's what the guys are working on. they are MUCH more interested in talking to each other than to anyone else. they mimic each other's sounds, & use the same "babbles" to refer to things. i'm not going to stress yet, since i think their hearing is fine, & we were expecting some language delay, but i'm def bringing it up at their 12 mo. check up next month. in the meantime, we use the right words to refer to things. which usually results in them replying with their own "words"... but i'm thinking they'll catch on eventually, it will just take longer bc they have each other to reinforce their "words." or at least, that's my thinking.... we'll see how it pans out...