concerns 18 mnth old

[DoubleK]

do you have an 18 month check up with you MCHN?

we just had Krystals (even though she is 21 months now, we kept having to cancel appts) they get them to build block, turn the pages of a book, draw with a pencil, they ask how many words they can say, do they respond to their own name etc

i think your nurse would give you reassurance that he is fine, and just make sure you ask about anything that he does, or doesnt do, that your worried about. no worry is too smal when your a mummy!

good luck with it!

[Bid]

Hi there
my 17mth has quite a few words but flaps with excitement like you would not believe. Everything excites him - dogs, cars (particularly "taxis" - go figure!) and he points his toes and curls his hands. but, like your son, he babbles and chats and points and so I think it must be that we have very happy sons! Do see someone if you're worried but he sounds perfectly normal and like he's developing perfectly. an acquaintance who is a psychologist says it is clear when there are problems because the kids simply don't respond to the parents at all.
hope all is going well with you and your boy!

[Nelle]

Hugs Can be easy to worry - but my little guy's about 18 months, doesn't talk OR walk! Lazy creature!
Did your mum have boys? Or just girls? Because I've heard it's fairly common for boys to take a bit longer than girls to communicate with words - heck, my husband's 25 and still mostly grunts! (Nah, he's okay really. )

The eye contact thing sounds reassuring to me, that he's social, and that he knows what things are. I think a lot of these things have to do with their personality, and also what other skills they're developing, since I think they tend to work on one thing at a time. For example, when other kids were starting to talk, mine was learning to pick up tiny things and untie small knots (not a skill I always appreciate!). And with the walking - well he can, until he realises he's walking, decides it's too risky, and slowly (with amazing balance) lowers himself to the ground. So, like his mama, he's not a risk taker and won't try something til he's sure he's got it perfect. Definitely his developing personality coming into play there.

So yeah, be reassured! Sounds like he's going great, and as for the flapping, well, I've been known to flap/wave hands wildly when I'm struggling to articulate what I'm thinking.

[Schmickers]

Sounds pretty normal to me - there are big variations in what is "normal" speech development. In fact, he sounds a little bit ahead of my own 17 month old...*sigh*