AWw Emz - don't worry about Abby. She'll talk when she's good and ready. Just be sure to talk normally to her, not in baby babble iykwim. Tallon doesn't talk either.. he does say mamama and dadada, not sure if he means it tho? Altho, he does call out to me when he's crying, so he possibly means it then. hehe.

As for not giving in.. i'm struggling a bit with this too! Tallon's taken to arching his back and yelling (not quite a tantrum) when he wants something. I try to wait for him to make a nice sound and give it to him then.. but it's hard. So i try and just "say" what it is he wants "would you like that bottle?" before giving it to him, as I know he just doesn't know how to ask yet. It's a tough one. I'm persevering with signing.. and I'm hoping that'll click with him soon. He's started clapping his hands and things the last week or so, so now that he's doing things like that with his hands, I'm hoping he'll start signing. Its supposed to break down that communication barrier a bit and reduce tantrums. But like I said he's not tantruming, it's just his way of asking at the moment.

Enjoy your night off.. definitely go to dinner and a movie or something