Ds2 is 16 months. He's has been diagnosed as having hypermobile knees and ankles so still isn't walking so I accept the fact that he is lateish with that but other things have been worrying me too.
He does crawl fairly fast but sometimes does revert to commando crawling on his tummy to get anywhere long distance. This is getting less frequent now but he still does it a couple of times a day.
He can pull up to stand, often only holding on with one hand but does seem a bit wobbly and doesn't seem to know how to get down again so either just slips down like a fall or whinges for help to sit down.
He points at things when he babbling and points when out and about in the pushchair but if I ask him a specific question like 'where's the sheep?' when looking at a book he just looks at me or continues babbling over the top of me .
He can build a tower of two- three blocks but gets very whingy and frustrated when they fall down.
He can not feed hiself with a spoon very well. It just tips and spills everywhere or he just gets his fingers in the foodm, grabs the spoon, throws it on the floor.
He has a few words but none of which are particularly cclear to any outsiders. He says 'more' 'uh oh' and 'bus' clearly. Other than that it's odd word that we know what he means like 'Jaw' for his brother's name Joe. 'oof oof' like a bark when he sees a dog. 'dat' for that. 'tic tic' when he sees his feet which I think means tickle tickle as he laughs when I say tickle ticke and get his feet. 'bar' for ball. That's about it for speech. Normal??
He receives physiotherapy once a week for his hypermobility but most of the session he spends whinging as he doesn't really respond well to a stranger poking him and wanting him to crawl to her etc. He seems very clingy, can't walk away from him for a second, cries and moans a lot and has always been a grumpy baby who whinges for no apparent reason despite a lot of trips to the paediatrician and cranial osteopath. We know think he is just frustrated with not walking and not being able to communicate effectively. DS1 was similar although slightly less whingy by this age as he was walking by 11 months but still very moody and prone to tantrums til he could talk well.
Anyway, does this seem normal and what can I do to improve his speech? What are others his age doing and saying?
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16 month olds...what are yours doing and does this sound 'normal'?
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mamjar · 01/05/2013 20:28
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