How is this for irony?

Noah had his 15 month check-up yesterday and as expected he is doing great. 26.5 pounds (75th percentile) and 33 inches (95th percentile) and healthy as can be. He's also cutting five teeth right now. The pediatrician asked us a series of developmental questions including how many words does Noah know. I told her that he babbles constantly but the only words we can make out are "mama," "daddy," and "taggie." In a nutshell, at this age Noah should have at least four words and while he does not use a pacifier at daycare (except for naps) he does use it all the time at home. It was then suggested that our heavy pacifier use may be the reason why he does not have more discernible words in his vocabulary.

Let's think about this for a second. . . and people who know me well will appreciate this. How is it that MY SON is a bit behind the curve in the talking area? Does anyone else find this strange? It's not like we don't talk to Noah constantly. He watched so many ER reruns in the first five months of his life that I thought his first words would be, "get a chest x-ray and a chem. 7." He listens to liberal talk radio and NPR in the car. Despite this, he only has three words when he needs four. And apparently knowing that a turkey goes "gobble-gobble" doesn't count. So we are taking drastic steps. No more pacifier EXCEPT at bedtime. Today was the first day of life without the pacifier. We went cold turkey and Noah seemed to hand in there. Barley, but he did it. I give him a week before he figures out how to open the drawer where we keep the pacifiers.