hi mums,
I have a son who is going to be 23 months old. i have few concerns about him. please help me to clarify.
he is busy active climbing running toddler.
he responds to his name all the time.
he makes good eye contact.
he loves playing with kids,aware of the surroundings, no sensory or sleep issues.
he can clap.
he can wave and only he will do occasionally but seldom.
Me and My husband are indians living in netherlands and we speak a indian language. he goes to day care where they speak dutch and he is exposed to tv shows (english).
We both are working and we are silent people and havent interacted much with my son.
he can talk 20 words to 30.. or 40.
example : ball, catch,kick,water, cuit for biscuit,cat, dog, cake,key, bannana, no, duck, ooo-aaahha (monkey noise),baby,pop,open etc etc.
he points to request/ show things.
my concerns are he mostly dont follow my instructions. I am confused if he is stubborn or didnt understand.
Example : If i ask him cup he will not give.
but if i say him give i will give water in your cup he will give.
If i ask him to handover his sock by "Give your sock" he will not give.
but if i say "Give i will wear it for you" then he will give.
he do understands "throw the ball" /"kick the ball". When he holds the ball when i say throw he says catch and throw to me, if i say kick the ball he kicks the ball to me.
if i ask him to pickup my shoe from next room he has done it once. but he didnt do usually.
he can feed the baby toy if i say go and feed the baby.
give baby a kiss and he will kiss.
i have seen him doing pretend plays like stirring , cooking , feeding baby etc.
I am not really worried about speech as i know his father spoke late at 2.5 yrs. i am worried about his understanding.
I am so confused if he understands or ignores me.
he calls everyone mama .mostly me. but his father also sometimes mama. he dont use dada. but he knows who dada is.. because when i say give to dada or go to dada he does that. so he knows who dada is but he dont say that word yet.