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Nodding head for yes/no what age?

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Chundle · 21/04/2011 10:24

hi all what age did your DCs start nodding head for yes and shaking head for no? I can't remember when my eldest did this but dd2 is 20 months now and doesn't do it. A HV seemed put out that she doesn't. When do they normally do this?? She doesn't say yes or no reliably either when you ask her something.

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Tee2072 · 21/04/2011 10:39

My son says no and shakes his head at 22 months, pretty much just started. No sigh of the word yes or nodding, however!

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Chundle · 21/04/2011 10:43

Great thanks for that I tend not to take too much notice of HV anyway. She can sign yes if I do it first. she wanders round saying no to herself but not to a question. HV said veryyyyy important that they use head nodding/shaking gestures. at which point I nodded my head an quickly left :)

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Mrspedro · 21/04/2011 10:51

I wouldn't worry at all...esp with her signing it
My dd's didn't do this until WELL over 2yo so when ds started doing it at 13months dh&i were amazed ...we'r convinced he's genius lol..have our fortune spent already ;)

TheSugarPlumFairy · 21/04/2011 11:20

DD is just 12 months and has been doing No for about a month. She started on Yes just a few days ago.

I wouldnt worry to much about not doing the specific actions if he can express the concept in other ways.

DeWe · 21/04/2011 20:46

"No" for all of mine was considerably before "yes."
I know dd2 shook her head for "no" before she was 10 months because she used to do it when crawling if I called her back and she didn't want to come. Knew she was going to be a handful from that. But she didn't nod her head until after she said "yes" which she said at about 18 months.

LifeOfKate · 21/04/2011 21:24

DS is 16 months and doesn't do either. He can say yes, but doesn't say no. He lets me know he does or doesn't want something quite sucessfully by other means, so I'm not too worried, especially since I don't think we shake or nod our heads at him very often, so it's not really there for him to pick it up.

AngelDog · 21/04/2011 22:58

DS did 'no' from about 8 months for things he wasn't allowed to touch, but has stopped since (15 m.o.) and doesn't use yes.

I think the important thing is that they can communicate it rather than nod/shake.

Mummyloveskisses · 25/04/2011 01:15

DS2 14 months just started shaking head for no..... doesn't nod yet perhaps I should be worried DeWe :)

Iggly · 25/04/2011 06:46

DS is 18 months and we started teaching him how to nod. I realised he didn't gesture or nod for yes because we rarely said it so there was no way he'd learn! No, however, is sadly commonly used at home.

Since then he nods quite a lot and seems to understand how to use it. Try emphasising yes and see how you get on.

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