Answering simple questions at 20 M

[Mollymomma123]

Is it unusual for a 20 M not to answer yes or no questions like “ do you want milk ? My DD she has over 100 words , can identify the animals and her family in pictures , point and imitate everything but can’t answer simple questions with a yes or not , she can feed us and dolly , brush hair talk to the phone and much more as pretend play . She eats well and sleeps beautifully all the 13 hours . As for answering questions she just repeats the last word or asks for it . Everyone , including professionals says it is early for that but I happen to know it is not the case .
any late kids with answering questions ? ☺️

How is her receptive language otherwise? So if you ask her to put on her coat for example or to pick up her dolly will she respond to that?

Yes if I ask her to pick up her baby doll like “ Get the baby please “ or get her favorite book she does it . If she drops something and I ask her to pick it up she does it or I say it is bath time she goes straight in the bathroom if I ask her where is daddy , She points at him

She also answers please and thank you in the appropriate contexts

It sounds completely normal. There's always the odd skill a child will be behind in, it's the while picture that counts. Your whole picture is completely normal.

Hi
thank you so much for your answer . I thought so but her paediatrician said that’s a skill that develops between 20 and 30 months so thank you for letting me know

She can also identify all her body parts

Sounds like she's doing great! Nobody has uniform development across everything, so it could be that because she's doing so well (she sounds very bright!), this thing where she's actually doing fine but maybe not racing ahead stands out.

She sounds right on track! Easier said than done I know but try not to worry as all little ones develop at their own pace and it doesn’t sound like there is anything to worry about thankfully

So your paediatrician said it develops between 20 and 30 months but you’re worried she can’t do it at 20 months? What?

It is totally normal for babies to answer "yes" by repeating the last word eg "do you want milk?" "Milk!" As your Dr said, answering "yes" is only just emerging at this age.

Thank you so much for your message and clarification. She is still a bit iffy on where is questions but is it normal ?

one of mine couldn't. she learned it around her 3rd birthday and she has additional needs. How is your DDs understanding otherwise? can she follow instructions without context and pointing etc?

Yes like give me the dolly or bring me the spoon , she knows bath time and goes to the bathroom.. any other signs you noticed ?

You've already started a thread about your child's wrist rotation in aibu
Perhaps you'd get more traction in the parenting forum or similar
But tbh, you are coming across as very anxious about your child's development despite reassurance from HCPs, so you need to consider how to get help on this

Your child is 20 months, the pediatrition has already said it's a skill they learn between 20 and 30 months and your worrying .....why what's the back story?

At 20 months I don't know how many words DS1 had. At 2 years he had less than 10. I'm pretty sure he wasn't answering questions before about 2.5y.
He's on track for 6-9s at GCSE.

mine wasn't able to go this and (I just checked) had a lot less words than that.

She sounds like she doing really well!

She understands and has comprehension. Development is not linear and not every child develops the same way. My DS despite speaking in full sentences very young would often just repeat the main gist of a question. I used to turn say "yes please" and he would copy it.

Thank you ☺️ may I ask how old is your DS ? What age did he start ?

start what? answering yes/no questions? just before three but we had to teach that to DC. yours is a lot younger.