Posts by sageowl

You can use signs from day one if you want, but kids can't generally imitate or produce them all that well until at least 6 months of age, and some of the more complex ones will take a lot longer.  A lot of times, kids will create...

So far, you're still well within the normal range.  Chances are, a lot will change over the next couple of months.

Right there with ya!  (I'm due in April with #2 as well, and definitely feeling anxious about what's ahead).  It doesn't help that DS is kind of in a "yucky phase" right now and is getting harder to deal with at a time when...

Here's a couple of links:   www2.aap.org/pressroom/mediaunder2.pdf   pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/107/2/423.full

Signing is invaluable for that pre-verbal period when the baby is old enough to want to communicate, but frustrated that he or she can't.    Some people swear by those videos, but I personally can't stand them (the...

As a teacher, I have worked with a lot of kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders.  My own son is slightly younger than yours, but he has a lot of the same traits:  not exposed to a lot of other kids, observant, good memory,...

Asiago is right, it's a normal developmental stage kids go through.  I'm guessing a neutral acknowledgement is best at this age--"uh huh, I see, that's interesting..."    Good time to read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", I...

No advice but I'm having the same problem you are.    I'm in the third trimester of pregnancy and do NOT feel like having any more daily power struggles over toileting or cleaning up accidents, so I've decided to just...

Uggh, that sounds stressful.  I would definitely try going somewhere else at least part of the time to break up the day.  Don't know what you have around you, but sometimes an outing is just the thing!

My son did the same thing, only much earlier.  He sleeps on a mattress on the floor.  I don't worry about whether or not he stays in bed because I took everything out of his room except for his bed, and a few stuffed...