I know i know it can be just normal but at
the same time i am concerned, because some
of the things he does are similar to
children with autism. Is there anyone else
who had or has a child at this age that
wasnt talking? Not to long ago he knew a
few words, his first word at 8 mths was
kitty kat but said kih kah, and he knew
momma and dada and byebye, he said the
word juice once. He still points to my
belly and says bah bah cuz i told him when
i was pregnant there ws a baby in there
and i guess he is still under that
impression. But now he doesnt say any of
them at all. When he wants something he
grunts and whines and twists his wrist
while touching his fingers together
instead of pointing a finger at it. At
first i was thinking maybea hearing
problem because u can say his name
numerous times and he doesnt acknowledge
it at all. But then i ask him if he wants
juice he will hand me his cup and run to
the kitchen so i dont think his hearing is
the case. He seems smart otherwise and
understands everything or most of what u
say, i ask him to throw something a way
and he will go do it , i got excited
yesterday i asked if he could get me a
diaper for jordynne and hewent in the
cabinet and got one out and one of hers!
If we could afford it right now id put him
in daycare cuz im not sure if the not
being around kids his age is affecting his
not talking. Hes not like totally mute
though he babbles but no real words at
all. My mom got flash cards that i try and
show him and piont and tell him the
picture but he ends up grabbing all the
cards and throwing them all over the floor
or just wanders off and wants nothing to
do with it. But i think at his 2 yr
checkup if he isnt talking i will bring it
up with the pediatrician because at 2
theyre supposed to know about 50 words and
he doesnt even know 5 right now and he
turnes 2 in august. Sometimes i feel bad
when i tell him off etc because for all i
know he could have a real problem and not
just be delayed or something so i treat
him a little differently at times cuz he
just seems special to me, hes bright and
smart just the whole social skills etc he
seems to lack and jason sorta favors
jordynne at the moment, i guess she will
be a daddys girl wich makes me feel bad
that he seems to favor her more then
joseph. It also makes me mad that brandy
said that joseph was stupid and retarded
and that im a bad mom cuz he isnt talking
just because her daughter is and shes 3
mths older. But i havent really met anyone
whose child was perfectly normal but at
this age wasnt talking at all.
sorry for the long post
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Mommy35
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 05-24-07 06:57am
Is .Brandy one of those girls that gives
you the hard time? What a witch to say
that to you? I think most kids do talk
more at his age, but you can't compare
your son to other people's kids.
she is, if her daughter was the way joseph
is i would never ever call her daughter
retarded her daughter or my son has
nothing to do with the arguments between
the 2 of us. I know not to compare him to
other kids, he just seems more behind then
anyone ive known ya know. ive sorta run
out of ideas on how to help since the
flashcards arent doing much, i talk to him
likea normal person not a baby, i try
andpoint to his body parts or things in
the huose and ask him to say them and he
just i dunno, has the shortest attention
span ever. Im sure he is capable of
talking because he does talk just no real
words at all. sometimes he stomps his foot
and says what sounds like "oh god" but
hehe i dunno. Sometimes it seems like
jordynne will be talking before he is, my
sister thinks maybe because of jordynne
thats why he isnt talking because she
doesnt talk and gets things by crying etc
so he sorta does the monkey see monkey do,
her sons 3 mths younger and has a large
vocabulary but he has a 4 yr old sister
who talks and talks and never shuts up
lol.
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Mommy35
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3165 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 05-24-07 07:29am
He may be imitating his sister. That is a
good point. There are lots of signs of
.Autism and being non-verbal isn't the
only one. If he gets what he wants by
pointing, and gesturing than he has no
reason to talk. If he asks for something
by pointing ask him to say it and try not
giving it to him until he tries. "Oh you
want the ball? Can you say ball?"
I would go abolutely ballistic on someone
who called my child a retard or any name
just because they were mad at me. Oh hold
me back!! Sounds like she is an immature
little health forum.
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 05-24-07 18:11pm
my cousin bryce is 3 and hes just now
starting to talk more.
he's always "jabbered" but we couldn't
ever understand him, for abou 6 months now
it's been more clear, but not before that.
we were actually starting to get worried.
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ShiningShannon
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Joined: 14 Apr 2007 Posts: 522 Location: ,
Posted: 05-24-07 18:40pm
All the things you decribed about you son
are exactly like my nephew. He doesnt seem
to talk very much, he babbles and makes
noise, he can say mama and dada and I have
heard him jabbering but no real words, you
cant understand him, he also say "boo" a
lot and plays the "knock knock joke" but
it sounds more like "nah, nah". Other then
that he seems to be a smart, healthy boy,
my sister and her husband are thinking
that it might be a hearing problem as
well. He is going on 3 years next month
and has an older brother that just turned
4 in january, his brother talks great,
says a lot and seems like your average 4
yr old, they play together(cause trouble
together, lol) and everything else. I was
reading a bit on autism and thought that
it sounded a lot like that too. I havent
talke to my sis in a little bit, so I dont
know if he is improving, I just dont want
her to get scared that something serious
is wrong. I know I should mention it
though.
Are you saying he has regressed in terms
of his speech? Has it started since
.Jordynne was born?
Let me give you a little on .jordan. We
thought at one point(between the age of 2
and 2 1/2) that he was autistic. At the
age of 2 1/2, he was only saying mama,
dada & baba. he would point to things
and say dada... he referred to everything
that way. He couldn't chew(he didn't know
how to) until he was almost 3. he did a
lot of screaming, but not necessarily
because he was angry...
Is he able to look in your eyes when he's
being spoken to?
What i would do(what i did) is see your
doctor and address your concerns to
him/her. They will refer you to a
specialist that can help you and .joseph.
what i notice is when he jabbers to u he
starts out looking inyour eyes but then
his eyes wander away, but he wont look at
my face when i talk to him. he was still
saying those few words for a while after
jordynne was born then out of no where
stopped.
Go to your doctor's hun. They will help
you find the resources to help Joseph.
Jordan had help in a few different areas.
They put him in an intergrated nursery
which was connected to the children's
hospital where he was going. He saw an
Occupational therapist and Speech
therapist directly through his nursery...
it was great! But he also received more
intense treatments at the hospital.
But it may be nothing. Just talk to your
doctor.
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Idony
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Posted: 05-25-07 07:45am
im not gonna tell you not to worry, becuse
quite frankly you have every right to
but i watch a 2 year old (he turned 2 in
faburary) and he use to not talk, he would
point to something and grunt, then the
grunt turned into him saying yeah, that
was it, it was because his sister and old
babysitter would talk for him and allow
him whatever he wanted just by pointing
his doc got conserned and sent him for a
hearing test, which came back perfect (as
we all knew it would) and then he started
comming over to my house and i watched him
and his sister during the day (still do)
and with his mum and me working together
he now says a lot of words (mommy, mama,
dada, baby, ball,ok, yes, ne, please,
more, eat, pee, potty, poo, hair, eye,
nose, teeth, knee, arm, etc) we dont let
anyone talk for him and we pretend not to
know what he wants when he just points, he
has to say something befor ehe gets
anything
his lack of words has really made potty
training difficult, but were working on
all this
i know no two kids are the same, but i
hope my experiance with this kid can at
least give you a little hope, im sure he
is very very smart boy, he may just be
being stubborn like alex (the boy i was
talking about) is (and yes, it is just
stubbornness now, he will say a word
without meaning to and then pretend not to
be able to say it again until you
practically force him to lol)
~alicia~
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Willa Weintraub
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Posted: 05-25-07 10:54am
HcoBrunette06
wrote:
my cousin bryce is 3 and hes
just now starting to talk more.
he's always "jabbered" but we couldn't
ever understand him, for abou 6 months now
it's been more clear, but not before that.
we were actually starting to get
worried.
thats how it is with
dalton/He only says about 20 words and
he's almost a year and a half old.my
sister asked the docotr and she said some
kids just start talking later than others
and unless he gets to some rediculous age
where he really should be talking and he
doesn't say *anything*, she has nothing to
worry about.
