So, I'm probably just worrying too much. At least people tell me I am, since DD just turned 15 months. But I can't help it. I know about asynchronous development and all that, but...
She's got around 135+ ASL signs and we've counted 30-40 half words (like ma for moon when she also signs it) but she barely says words. I've simply written down every word I think she's ever uttered. She puts two or three signs together, too. But she honestly doesn't talk much and mainly makes sounds using m, b, da, and sometimes t or k. She babbles a little, but it isn't like I've heard other kids younger than she is babbling.
I also know she knows a whole lot and she can follow directions at times, but often won't show or tell us anything directly when we ask her. She starts conversations with us (half the time I have no idea what she's signing about), but won't engage in conversations we start very often.
She's recently started getting pickier with food and will refuse my help with eating her food, but then she can't get the food in her mouth with her spoon, so she just quits eating altogether. I sometimes get her to eat fruit with her fingers and she'll always eat crackers, but those are not really a nutrient dense food.
She's grown taller, but hasn't gained any weight in 3 months, so I'm trying to get more than breast milk in her. Sometimes she'll let me feed her off of my spoon if she's in my lap after she gave up on her food (I tried covertly slipping her leftover food into my bowl as she watched... umm no go.) She's given up on other things like doing the 8 pc puzzles we have for her because she has a hard time picking up the tiny knobs (she mastered the chunky 3 pc months ago). Perfectionism?
I don't mind that she is seeking independence and won't "perform" on demand, I just worry at times that she's regressed or something. She's focusing a lot on playing pretend lately, so maybe she is making strides in that area?
At her 15 month, I brought a short list of things she does now and was told she is ranging from 20-24+ months on all of her skills except talking. They gave me a pamphlet to call about speech therapy since DD just hasn't said any complete words really. I told them I have a hearing test scheduled for this month, but I'm not sure if I should go. She said we could check...
What would you do? She is terrible with doctors so I don't know how this hearing test will go over. She dances and "sings" in key, so I know she definitely can hear. My sister had partial hearing loss from fluid in her ears and when they gave her tubes she immediately started talking more. But DD hasn't had any ear infections or anything...Everything I read talks about "Early intervention" being important.
Just wait it out? I'd like to hear your stories about it. DH and I were both earlier talkers and my mom acts worried and is blaming ASL. (However, MIL claims she barely talked until she was like 5 years old and drove everyone crazy.)
Last edited by islandofapples; 03/06/12 10:15 AM.
