DS2 is 20, almost 21 months old, but is small so people often think he's about 18 months.
We were at a toddler group Christmas party this morning, which included a visit from 'Santa'
DS2 was first up to get his present, sat on Santa's lap and didn't cry, although I could tell he was bemused and didn't know what the hell was going on.
On handing the present over, Santa tried to encourage him to say "Thank you".
Now DS2 has very few words - maybe about 20, most of which only I understand and 'thank you' isn't one of them, but I'm not at all worried as his brother was the same and had a word explosion at just over 2.
I intervened when it looked like the " Now say thank you" was going to go on a bit and took DS2, saying "Thank you, but he doesn't really speak yet"
Santa gave me a sympathetic look and arm squeeze, then told me "Now don't you worry - that'll come in time"
AIBU to think that most people who have any experience of toddlers would know that many of them don't speak much before they're 2, and that this is absolutely fine?
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to think this Santa maybe doesn't know a lot about children? (Lighthearted)
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RachelWatts · 16/12/2014 14:11
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