Speech - Milestones?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Its an interesting subject. According to that DD is at the level of a 5 year old and she is 2yrs 8months. Ive never looked too much into it. I am finding it hard to keep her learning new things as she seems to be teaching ME things! lol.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Its an interesting subject. According to that DD is at the level of a 5 year old and she is 2yrs 8months. Ive never looked too much into it. I am finding it hard to keep her learning new things as she seems to be teaching ME things! lol.

You know i hadn't even thought about looking at DD1 on there, she is a mix of a few, she uses words like THEN, AND and BUT to extend her sentences and things but i'm not sure she'd have that many words in her vocabulary - she would use about 6 words in a sentence.
She does it to mum talking on the phone: nanny we went on the motorbike, then in the mud and .................

MM - it's kind of sad when our children teach us things isn't it

[briggsy's girl]

maybe i just breed chatter boxes

i meant she has an older sister who talks quite well for her age and a mother who could talk under water with a mouthful of cement

yes, you breed chatterboxes - just like their Mum - and yes, you could talk under water with a mouth full of marbles - but that's not (always lol) a bad thing - it's a strength in all three of you! it may mean your girls are "destined" to work in fields later in life that appeal to those strengths - fields that rely on communication etc.

MM - it's kind of sad when our children teach us things isn't it

i don't think that's sad at all! i think it's an awesome thing that our kids can help us to learn new things. i think as we grow older and our focus shifts to work or general living things, we do tend to forget so much of what we learnt as children - it's fantastic to be able to re-discover those things with our children! For one thing, most of us grown ups are pretty jaded about aspects of our lives - to be able to rediscover and embrace the simple things from childhood is amazing. I am loving going back to basics with DD! if your girls teaching you how to be young again helps you all (them with their ability to communicate, you with embracing the inner child again), how can it possibly be sad?? i think the only sad thing is to pass up that opportunity because it may not come around again til your kids have kids - and it's not the same..

[berrme]

I always thought DS1 was slow to start talking but according to your info he has always been exactly where he should be for his age, possibly ahead now he is 4.

DS2 has been speaking in sentences for ages now. Was saying things like "look mummy, it is a brachiosaurus" or " Come on Byron, lets jump on the trampoline" well before he turned 2. Repeats anything that you ask him to say without a problem, sings whole songs which are clearly recognisable by their tune too. I also put it down to having his older brother talking to him constantly. I guess it will be interesting to see if there is a difference between the 2 of them at school and later in life. Personally I don't think DS2 is brighter than DS1, he just speaks better and because it is such an obvious skill it makes him seem brighter.

[Yeddi]

That's most probably a very good point Berrme. Boys are generally slower to talk than girls, I don't think this slowness of language development in comparison reflects on their intelligence any more than girls having smaller sized brains makes them less intelligent than boys. The idea of intelligence can be such a subjective thing. Einstein for instance, didn't start talking until he was 3. I think most people would agree that him being slow of speech didn't make him slow of mind.

I think you make a good point Nai, motivation to communicate plays a big factor.