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My 18 Month Old Is Underweight
Asked by R.M. from Austin
on July 26, 2008
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I really need some advice. At 15 months my daughter weighed 16 pounds and was diagnosed as failure to thrive. She is growing appropriately in height and head circumfer...
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- I'm just the old grandma, but some times I think that the growth charts main purposes is to freak out moms. Have the dr.s taken into account your family history of bo...
- My daughter was also diagnosed as failure to thrive at 18 months, weighing less than 17.5 pounds. An x-ray diagnosed her with rickets (vitamin D deficiency). Have yo...
- R., For what it's worth, both of my girls are/have been less than the 3rd percentile on height and weight. My 2-year old still is, and my oldest finally jumped up ...
22 Month Old
Asked by J.B. from Los Angeles
on March 7, 2012
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Hi Moms,
Please let me start by saying if you having nothing nice to say please dont respond. As it is I feel like I'm failing here. So my 22 month old son is good ...
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- Do Not Fret! He is the only child so there is no sibling to mimick. Some children are more in their heads or more active than verbal. I would encourage learning games ...
- My first son (now 4) spoke at 16 months and was using sentences by 2. My second son is now 27 months and barely speaks - he is just now really starting to use his word...
- Hi J., First of all, let me say that you are NOT failing. Since there are certain development milestones that are basically the same among children, when our kid div...
21 Month Old Speaking
Asked by N.M. from Dallas
on April 13, 2011
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I have a 21 month old son that's not speaking, he mumbles a lot I mean a lot most of the time he walks around the house "talking" mumbling but we can't understand anyt...
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- I wonder the same thing about my Son. He is 20 months, he says words here and there not as many as your Son though. He can follow directions anything we tell him he do...
- I used sign language with my oldest son and I although I could communicate basic needs/wants with him this way I feel it delayed his speech a little bit as well. He d...
- i would get his ears checked for fluid. Mine is hard of hearing and does that too but yours smokes mine on number of words said. I wouldn't worry about not saying 3 wo...
19 Month Old Only Using a Few Words and Babbling at Times
Asked by K.C. from Las Vegas
on August 26, 2008
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Hello Moms- My 19 month old son speaks about 8 to 10 words at this point and the rest is babbling. Even the words he does say are a little unclear. The doctor was co...
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- My oldest son spoke gibberish (my word for it). He'll be 15 next month and speaks English very well. With mine, I'm sure it was because he thought his way of speakin...
- Expect more words from him. Instead of "milk" emphasize "more milk", etc. Sometimes we as parents resort to using one word utterances so our children can relate but th...
- My son was also only pointing and babbling at 18 months and I knew that it was not a hearing problem. (He only could say dada). I was such a squeaky wheel, that I got...
21 Month Son Not Talking a Lot
Asked by A.S. from Spokane
on February 22, 2010
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My little guy is 21 months and doesn't have a very large vocabulary at all. Mostly "ma, da, donk (short for donkey) and dog". He also has his own words for items, but ...
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- My little girl didn't talk much at all around 18 months, and I was a little worried because a couple of children at church were way ahead of her, but our doctor said ...
- Hello, I am a former early childhood teacher and the mother of a late talker who went through speech therapy to get her going. If I were you I would get him a speech...
- My son didn't say anything until he was 2, when he started saying mama. He did have at least 100 signs, so he had some language, just nothing verbal.. He's now a p...
19 Month Old Not Talking in English
Asked by R.C. from Lubbock
on March 12, 2008
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I have a 19 month old little boy and he is only saying dad and car. He speaks in his own language nothing that I can understand. We read books and I try to point out...
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- My beautiful ragmuffin turned 2 in January. He was late to talk - only now are we getting 'grink peas' and go byebye and amen out of him.. in December he probably had...
- has your son been re-evaluated for his hearing? have you talked to your pediatrician about this? lots of times they do not really worry too much until the child is abo...
- Have you had his hearing checked?? That would be the first order of business if you haven't already had it done. They are not usually done that early . . . that's wh...
14 Month Old Boy Not Talking Yet?
Asked by N.H. from San Diego
on October 9, 2008
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Hi moms,
I have a beautiful 14 month old boy. Im worried his speach is delayed. He can say mama and dada but i dont think he knows I'm mama and his dad is dada. I...
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- I have heard that Einstein didn't talk until he was three.
- I had the same worry, and my son was not super verbal at that same age and he called everyone 'mommy' and still does now at 2 sometimes when he's in a hurry to get out...
- don't worry - my 18 month old girl is barely talking. but she understands everything. my oldest daughter was the same way. but my middle daughter spoke from a very ...
My 21 Month Old Son
Asked by J.N. from Davenport
on July 25, 2010
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my son is gonna be 2 in oct he hasnt began talking much and grunts for everything his behavior is sooo terrible he thows big fits what should we do when he does this i...
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- I strongly urge you to have your son's speech evaluated by a specialist. My 7 yo grandson wasn't talking at that age and we thought he was just a late talker which ha...
- I don't know if this is accurate, but from noticing other kids and my own, I use the rule of thumb for words as this. 1 yr old = 1 word, 2 yr old = 2 words and at 3=a...
- Our son had 6 words at 2 years (not even really words - except for mummy and daddy and no - wruuum for car..) He is now 3 and I confess I would often love him to talk ...
Need Good Honest Car Repair Shop
Asked by K.G. from Dallas
on February 27, 2008
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Hi all - I was rear-ended on Cooper Street yesterday by a 20 y.o. girl. Thank goodness I was in the SUV as she hit me pretty hard. It looked like she might have tota...
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- There is a good, inexpensive repair shop in Maypearl on FM 66, acutally Main street. it is Ken's paint and body th #is ###-###-####. We have used him several times. ...
- I highly recommend that you get her insurance information and file it--that's why we have insurance and that's why it's required. Do not give them your information unt...
- I was in your same situation about a year ago, but it was an actual insurance agent that hit the back of me and I was pregnant at the time. There was very little damag...
My 14 Month Old Is Not walking...should I Be Concerned??
Asked by V.F. from Cheyenne
on August 3, 2009
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Ok my son started walking when he was about 10 months old so I am a little concerned about my daughter. I know every child is different but this seems a little strange...
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- NO! My daughter walked at 16.5 months and my son at 15.5 months. With my daughter it is amazing how advanced her speech is and I had heard that about late walkers. ...
- V., Please don't worry - I did enough of that for everyone! My daughter took her first step on her own at 18 mo, 1 day - the day of her 18 mo appt. She is now 21 ...
- As others have mentioned she's fine. I just want to add that its actually very good for her brain. I don't remember exactly how it helps but it builds connections or...
