I wonder how much speech therapy is designed by/for people who are really not very good at noting or deciphering their child's pre-verbal communication? My kids, #2 & #3 in particular, could communicate extremely effectively before they could talk (which was early and well). But I sometimes wonder how much that was them, and how much that was me. Because I regularly get weird looks when I tell people what their babies are trying to say, or translate grunts and gestures into requests. I CANNOT ignore a pre-verbal child attempting to communicate and get so stressed when other adults try to keep having adult conversation while a budding little person is trying to be understood... I can't fathom how it's a good idea to stop talking to a child?