My not even two year old ...
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| Mon, 05-23-2005 - 2:15pm |
Can't talk in complete sentences! While I know this isn't a big deal. To ex he seems to think that he's developmentall delayed (due to my Mom -- the ex-child care director -- watching him). Umm. He won't be two for another month. He has an extensive vocabulary -- isn't talking toatlly in two word sentences yet, but he's getting there -- such as down please, up please -- you get the idea. Anyhow ex tells me he KNOWS two years olds who can talk in complete sentences. How does he KNOW them? He works at a nursery (trees -- not kids) and there was some kid that came in there and was telling him all about Nemo and he was only 2. He was probably alomsot 3 -- for all I know. But he's now totally upset about the fact that our son can't talk in complete sentences.
what a putz.

I have a 17 month old who doesn't talk in
When my son (now 9) turned 2 he had a very limited vocabulary, 18 words as I recall. I was concerned but my pediatrician said that was at the very low end of what is considered normal and that it is common for 2nd and 3rd children to be late talkers because they don't NEED to verbally express what they want, the siblings tend to do it for them. I did worry some, but didn't need to...he is a very bright, high achieving child now. Still not a big talker but that's just his personality.
Hope this helps.
Teach him a sentence of 2 ABOUT his Dad .... ;)
This post caught my attention and hit REALLY close to home. I got verbally attacked regarding this exact same issue at the exact same age of my dd. XH tends to compare our dd's with OW's daughter or with other children he knows (or she knows). I was told I was not a good mother because she was not talking enough (by their standards) by the age of 2, I was told the daycare she was in was not good for her, etc. etc. About a week after her 2nd birthday she just took off with her talking (lots of new words, putting several together, sentences, etc.). So have a brief chat with your pediatrician if things do not improve or if it will ease your mind, but do not lose any sleep over it at this point. All children develop at their own pace and while some do need special attention, I do not believe what you have described is a child with a speech problem. You have want to have his hearing checked to rule out any problems, but again, it's not something I think needs to be done right away.
Take care.
Anne
See, that's the thing though. His doctor is not worried about it. His hearing is fine, in fact he has super sonic hearing. seriously. he's so smart. he'll follow directions, can point out a million different things (OK, probably not that many), but he's just mad because my Mom watches him. He's mad he's not in day care full time. Starting in 2 weeks he'll be going 2 days per week, and then probably more in the fall, but still, come on. That's the whole thing. Is he supposed to be reciting poetry?
Yesterday I told him he was getting a new bed (a fire truck bed) soon (for his birthday on July 1). He calls most vehicles "go's" and later last night was telling me go, and pointing upstairs to his room and I said, what, your fire truck bed? And he said "huh" (his version of yes) .. i had to tell him it wasn't here yet.
Also, we're going to Disney World next week (don't even get me started on the ex and his involvement there -- I'm still half expecting him to make up some like about me not coming home to keep me from going) .. anyhow if you ask him how we're getting to Disney, he'll point up and say "Sky" .. so he and my Mom were taking a friend of hers to the airport this afternoon and this morning i told him that he and grandma were going to the airport today and he said mickey .. I had to tell him, no we weren't going ot see mickey today, but these are examples of how he is smart .. just because he doesn't talk in complete sentences. I swear he's just ognig to drive me nuts.
He also told me I had to have our son call him at the same time every night while we were on vacation because in the divorce decree it says he can have ample contact with him -- so I have to have him call him before bed every night even though we're on vacation ... if i miss one night he'll call the courts and tell them that I kidnapped him. Tell me this isn't a man with problems.
My goodness... my DS didn't utter much until he was knocking on the door of 3!
Karen ~ wildlucky4me ~