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Mirage · 2004-11-19T20:08:00+00:00

DD is nearly 15 months old & loves her books.She particularly likes animal books & can identify horses,cows,sheep,chickens,dogs ect if asked to point to them.Dh asked me if this was normal for a child her age & I realised that I don't have the faintest idea. Any opinions would be welcome.Dh keeps nagging me to find out. TIA Mirage

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Bozza · 24/11/2004 14:11

My DS cruised at 10 months and walked at 11.5 months which is early but crucially he couldn't pull himself up for another month or so, so if he fell over he'd had it until I stood him back up. Because he didn't crawl, roll or shuffle either. It was several months before he could pull himself up from the floor and he was crawling by this point. When he crawled over to a rug to use to pull himself up I realised that in his case a lot of it was pschological.

bunnyrabbit · 24/11/2004 15:54

Yes my sons inability to walk is also psychological. He's a lazy * just like his daddy

BR

ragtaggle · 24/11/2004 17:10

I have found this really interesting. Handbag addiction my dd sounds a bit like yours. If confirms a theory I have that the less advanced they are physically, the more likely they are to develop speech. I think they probably only have the capacity to learn one skill well at a time. (Someone will now post about their walking talking nine month old)

My dd will be fourteen months on 12th December and has been very slow to develop the physical side. She didn't crawl until eleven months and has only just started to pull up. Like yours, she can't stand and although she likes to be 'walked' (With me holidng her hands) is nowhere near doing this unaided. She doesn't cruise either...

Her vocabulary though is very good according to that chart! She has about ten words including really useful ones like hello, bye, yes and no. If I ask her what noise a duck makes she will say quack quack and she will hiss if I ask her what a snake does. She also knows how to point to her nose (Maybe they all do? Can't see a chart for this!)But basically she is developing quite quickly in this area.

All this proves of course is that they all develop differently and we should neither congratulate or berate ourselves too much. They'll all catch up with each other at some point. I get really cross when people actually boast about what age their child crawled, talked etc...it's fun to talk about but it really doesn't mean anything! I dont' think anyone

MommyD · 24/11/2004 19:28

ds1 walked and talked at 11 months.
ds2 has just started walking at 15 months and only says bye bye. He MIGHT be able to point out a cat or a panda bear in a book (if he feels like it!)
I can't believe my two boys are so completely different in every way.

jakbrown · 24/11/2004 19:33

My ds walked at 10 months and said his first word at 11 months. He's just two and speaks in sentences.
My dd walked at 16 months and has only said about 8 words in her life, which she currently doesn't use. She's nearly 4 and severely autistic.
They are both totally individual and fantastic individuals. When dd learns even the tiniest step- she learnt to isolate her index finger recently to press buttons- I am blown away.
I suppose what I'm trying to say is don't worry about development. We're all too obsessed with with milestones these days IMO (me included!) and those toddler groups where everybody asks each other how old their children are and starts to compare and contrast don't help...

KristinaM · 24/11/2004 19:42

I, my Dh and our Dd all walked at 15 months. Its a sign of great intelligence (we are all brilliant)

Donbean · 24/11/2004 19:57

I dont tend to take any notice of the milestone charts in fact have read HBA which is my first. I have a very good freind whos DS is about 2 weeks older than my DS and we compare them. They have done every thing developmentally within a few weeks of each other and we both find this very reassuring. When i say compare i dont mean in a competitive way, i mean in an interest way IYKWIM.
What has panicked us both is the HV has told us what they "should" be doing at the 18month check. I know for a fact that Ds will fail this because although he will do all of the things she listed he will only do them when he wants to which isnt every time i ask him. It has made me concentrate far far too much on these things. ie touching his nose, building bricks, saying words. He can do them all well.
I have become annoyed at myself for doing this as i feel that i am not letting him develop, discover and explore in his own time at his own pace.
Im annoyed that i have allowed myself feel pressured into making DS "comply" for the HV to tick some boxes on a form which just are NOT important to me in the slightest.
I cannot see how in the grand scheme of things that these developmental tests will benefit DS.
For these reasons i am completely laid back and not allowing myself to be stressed about this a miniute longer because quite frankly i have a million other worries that are far more important than tick boxes on a HV chart.
By the way, as soon as i find an address for the MENSA university for the under 5's i shall post it on here because all our munchkins are fab and superb in their own little ways dont you agree.x

jakbrown · 24/11/2004 20:20

Oh blimey, those 18-month-checks!!! What's hilarious is that I casually took dd to hers thinking she just had a bit of glue ear! She was totally oblivious to all instructions and didn't even turn to her name at this point, let alone stack bricks (she has autism). I'm being stalked by my over-involved HV to do Ds's check and I won't let her near him, even though I'm sure he'd be fine. Can't bear all the checking and comparing. AAAAHHHH.
Agree, all children are fantastic, wherever they are on these bloody charts...

jakbrown · 24/11/2004 20:25

Oh blimey, those 18-month-checks!!! What's hilarious is that I casually took dd to hers thinking she just had a bit of glue ear! She was totally oblivious to all instructions and didn't even turn to her name at this point, let alone stack bricks (she has autism). I'm being stalked by my over-involved HV to do Ds's check and I won't let her near him, even though I'm sure he'd be fine. Can't bear all the checking and comparing. AAAAHHHH.
Agree, all children are fantastic, wherever they are on these bloody charts...

jakbrown · 24/11/2004 20:36

Oh blimey, those 18-month-checks!!! What's hilarious is that I casually took dd to hers thinking she just had a bit of glue ear! She was totally oblivious to all instructions and didn't even turn to her name at this point, let alone stack bricks (she has autism). I'm being stalked by my over-involved HV to do Ds's check and I won't let her near him, even though I'm sure he'd be fine. Can't bear all the checking and comparing. AAAAHHHH.
Agree, all children are fantastic, wherever they are on these bloody charts...

jakbrown · 24/11/2004 20:38

Oh blimey, those 18-month-checks!!! What's hilarious is that I casually took dd to hers thinking she just had a bit of glue ear! She was totally oblivious to all instructions and didn't even turn to her name at this point, let alone stack bricks (she has autism). I'm being stalked by my over-involved HV to do Ds's check and I won't let her near him, even though I'm sure he'd be fine. Can't bear all the checking and comparing. AAAAHHHH.
Agree, all children are fantastic, wherever they are on these bloody charts...

jakbrown · 24/11/2004 20:38

Oh blimey, those 18-month-checks!!! What's hilarious is that I casually took dd to hers thinking she just had a bit of glue ear! She was totally oblivious to all instructions and didn't even turn to her name at this point, let alone stack bricks (she has autism). I'm being stalked by my over-involved HV to do Ds's check and I won't let her near him, even though I'm sure he'd be fine. Can't bear all the checking and comparing. AAAAHHHH.
Agree, all children are fantastic, wherever they are on these bloody charts...

JiminyCricket · 24/11/2004 21:34

Had a bizarre experience the other day - I tossed dd (14 months) a clean duster to play with while I was cleaning up and she proceeded to carefully dust a side table...she's certainly never seen me do that DH is always saying if someone gives her one of those toy ironing boards she won't know what its for...for the record she walks, points to nose, eyes etc, quacks, doesn't really have any words except hello, does some baby signs esp. animals. At the soft play the other day she saw an older kid rolling over and over on his side and she got down and tried to copy him (ahhh).

handbagaddiction · 24/11/2004 21:37

They never cease to amaze you do they? We had dd trying to brush cat's teeth and monkey's teeth tonight with her spare toothbrush. Even pointed to the toothpast tube to indicate that she needed some more paste for them!!

For reference - 'cat' is a stuffed one - not real!!

cellulitequeen · 25/11/2004 07:58

Think my DS is reluctant to walk (nearly 16m) because he can crawl around like a greased whippet. Although not talking he is very dextrous and can unscrew tops off bottles and things like that. He's just started "playing" the piano too!

bunnyrabbit · 25/11/2004 09:31

CQ,
God yes. DS is like grease lightning... have to jump in front of him if I want to stop him 'cos there's no way I'll catch him if I try and grab him from behind.

By the way, sorry to show my ingorance, but what are baby signs?

BR

cellulitequeen · 25/11/2004 09:57

Baby signs???

bunnyrabbit · 25/11/2004 11:07

JiminyCricket mentioned baby signs: 'does some baby signs esp. animals' and I've seen another reference to this somewhere else...

BR