My DS is 16 months now and he still isn't talking. He says mama and dada but that's about it. I took a quiz on babycenter.com to see what he should be doing now and I had all no's b/c he doesn't do anything he should be doing now. This has been worrying me for a few months now, but now even more after taking this quiz (OK stupid me.. shouldn't have done it..) http://www.babycenter.com/calculator/6782.html that's the website by the way.
Anyway, he doesn't do any of that stuff. He won't say anything other than mama and dada. He does say Bye, but it's more of him yelling BAAAAH at the appropriate time. Same with hi.. it's HAAAA when I walk in the room (he only does it to me). He won't say anything regarding eating or being picked up. He does hold his hands up if he wants me to pick him up. He doesn't listen to me, if I say bring me your binkie, he very rarely will do it (he's done it maybe once or twice, so he knows what I mean..) He won't answer if I say come over here to mama or whatever either. Most of the time he's just in his own little world happy playing by himself. I can't read to him b/c he won't have anything to do with it. He won't sit down and let me play with any of his toys with him, he gets mad if I start to touch them and he goes away. I mean I'm glad he can keep himself happy and occupied, makes my life a smidgen easier.. but I would like him to let other people play with him too. Is that b/c I haven't had him around any other children? Did I not pay enough attention to him earlier than this??
He also does not listen to me at all when I tell him no or tell him not to do something. He totally defies what I say not to do. There really are only a few things I tell him no about and that is purely safety issues, no way around it. I've made the downstairs as childproofed as possible for him. I just don't know how to get him to listen to me.. he knows he's not supposed to be doing a particular thing, he'll look right at me with a guilty look on his face and keep on doing it! Or he'll get down until I turn my back to him and then go back to whatever he was doing to endanger himself!
You have no idea how much this is worrying me. I'm on an e-mail list for sept 2001 babies and it seems like almost everyone else's baby that's the same age or younger is miles ahead of him skills wise. I feel like I should be asking our doctor to refer us to a developmental specialist b/c he's developmentally delayed or something.. and I really feel the longer I wait to do this, the worse it's going to become.
So, my question (sorry this got so long) is.. what does your 16 month old do (or did when they were that age)? Am I being completely nuerotic?? This is really worrying me!!!!!
Dawn
Anyway, he doesn't do any of that stuff. He won't say anything other than mama and dada. He does say Bye, but it's more of him yelling BAAAAH at the appropriate time. Same with hi.. it's HAAAA when I walk in the room (he only does it to me). He won't say anything regarding eating or being picked up. He does hold his hands up if he wants me to pick him up. He doesn't listen to me, if I say bring me your binkie, he very rarely will do it (he's done it maybe once or twice, so he knows what I mean..) He won't answer if I say come over here to mama or whatever either. Most of the time he's just in his own little world happy playing by himself. I can't read to him b/c he won't have anything to do with it. He won't sit down and let me play with any of his toys with him, he gets mad if I start to touch them and he goes away. I mean I'm glad he can keep himself happy and occupied, makes my life a smidgen easier.. but I would like him to let other people play with him too. Is that b/c I haven't had him around any other children? Did I not pay enough attention to him earlier than this??
He also does not listen to me at all when I tell him no or tell him not to do something. He totally defies what I say not to do. There really are only a few things I tell him no about and that is purely safety issues, no way around it. I've made the downstairs as childproofed as possible for him. I just don't know how to get him to listen to me.. he knows he's not supposed to be doing a particular thing, he'll look right at me with a guilty look on his face and keep on doing it! Or he'll get down until I turn my back to him and then go back to whatever he was doing to endanger himself!
You have no idea how much this is worrying me. I'm on an e-mail list for sept 2001 babies and it seems like almost everyone else's baby that's the same age or younger is miles ahead of him skills wise. I feel like I should be asking our doctor to refer us to a developmental specialist b/c he's developmentally delayed or something.. and I really feel the longer I wait to do this, the worse it's going to become.
So, my question (sorry this got so long) is.. what does your 16 month old do (or did when they were that age)? Am I being completely nuerotic?? This is really worrying me!!!!!
Dawn
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! There's eons of development between 16 months (that's not even 1 1/2 years old!) and age 2. If your intuition tells you that he's developmentally delayed, then I'd trust that--but other than that it doesn't seem like you have anything to worry about.
It starts with an 'a' and means weak mouth muscles, because she also has a hard time learning how to nurse. But her Dr. says no...I had her hearing tested and she is fine there.
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