Talking to the animals - Real Mum story on MoM

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My daughter is nearly two and hasn’t started talking yet. It hasn’t been a worry as she does make sounds but just hasn’t said any words. We recently got a puppy and she loves to play with her (sharp puppy teeth and all!). I’ve noticed in the two weeks since we’ve had the puppy that my daughter is babbling away a lot more than usual. Only yesterday she waved and said ‘bye’ to my parents when they were leaving. I’ve noticed that she sits for a long time and chats (babble) to the puppy and I think this has really help her to start to develop some language skills. They are so cute together and I think that being a dog owner will help teach her other valuable skills too.

Posted anonymously, 2nd April 2014

18 Comments

- - My Littlebuttons said
  - 02 Jul 2022
    10:39 am
Oh this story is adorable what a connection your daughter has with her puppy

- - mom81879 said
  - 30 Aug 2016
    6:42 pm
How adorable! They sound so cute together

- - mom81879 said
  - 08 Sep 2015
    10:22 am
Pets are do useful in so many ways. I used to take my puppy into the aged care home I worked in. It was a highlight of many residents week. They loved it and my puppy loved it too. Everyone learnt many things

- - Kell said
  - 13 Jun 2015
    7:30 pm
Animals are great for your heart and soul … and speech.

- - maryphilip said
  - 01 Jun 2015
    3:40 pm
That is so sweet, my little girl love my parents dog too.

- - Sandra_S said
  - 22 May 2015
    5:02 pm
Dogs are great companions for anyone but to grow with a child is the best for both

- - mom113055 said
  - 05 May 2015
    4:31 pm
great to read

- - mom113055 said
  - 30 Apr 2015
    3:54 pm
nice story for read

- - mom113055 said
  - 07 Apr 2015
    12:06 pm
top story to read

- - mom113055 said
  - 26 Mar 2015
    8:54 pm
great

- - mom93821 said
  - 29 Jan 2015
    11:50 am
Animals are so valuable in teaching kids many life skills.

- - stepmom107932 said
  - 04 Jan 2015
    9:50 am
so so true animals help kids and adults more than we could understand. our nephew is almost 2 and he doesnt talk much either but we believe that it is because his mother speaks Chinese and father speaks English so he is still trying to learn the difference

- - mom93821 said
  - 26 Dec 2014
    4:18 pm
Thanks for sharing; this sounds lovely and like they are good friends too!

- - tammykilby said
  - 05 Apr 2014
    12:00 pm
My daughter loves our dogs an any animal I think they get such a great bond with pets it’s so cute.

- - ollieas88 said
  - 05 Apr 2014
    10:59 am
How lovely is that! I think pets are great for kids.