Danielle I have a whole collection of the baby bumble bee videos (I think this is what you are talking about). My son wouldn't watch them until he was around 3 and then I couldn't get him to watch anything else. He loved them. And after he finally started talking again he would sit and say the words with the video. Of course he's 4 1/2 now and he won't watch them anymore, its Disney movies or nothing
Hi everyone.your kids are doing just fine.it may sound so passe but you see they can relate to what is around but nevertheless may have a difficult time in expressing what it is they want.It may be frustrating especially if you get to compare them with your other kids at a certain age.Well, guess what, it will lessen the frustration if you don't compare.Instead,work it out individually.the mamas and the dadas that you expect at 12 months may not come until they are 24 months but still it doesn't hurt if you talk to them as you would others.the cooing and aahhss will help only to some extent.please note that they do understand everything you say,its just a matter of how you expect them to respond to you that makes it difficult for you. Every child has the right to be treated special but it is how we adults define what special is for one kid to another. You are all doing great. Rest assured your kids all love you for doing everything you can for them. Keep the fun in learning coming. You love your kids, they love you even more even if you feel its just not the same.
My son, 3-years-old, is starting a full-time specialized preschool tomorrow for kids on the spectrum. He is on the somewhat mild end of the spectrum. He's verbal, but right now, his language mainly consists of the same phrases placed appropriately such as, "I want (juice, cookie, milk, etc.)", "Bumped head", "Mommy, fix it" (when something isn't working right), "Let's go", things like that. It's even more frustrating to me because I have a 21-month-old son who is basically talking in full sentences and you can pretty much carry on a conversation with him (relatively speaking). I am curious to know how others on the spectrum did with acquiring language. I read "More Than Words" (by Hanen) and also watched the videos. I'd probably guess that my son is at the "early communicator" stage for those of you who are familiar with this program. Lately, over say the last 2 months, he's been doing a lot more echoing - not repeating long things from TV or books or anything like that, but repeating things that we say to him. For example, if we say "Shut the door", he'll say "Shut the door" as he's closing the door. I know this school will do WONDERS for him, but right now it's so hard to imagine him ever being able to hold a conversation to any extent. I'd love to hear your stories regarding language acquisition. Thanks! Jen My daughter is turning 4 in October and talks the same way. She asks questions but at strange times and realy isn't expecting an answer. Her speech is like a puzzle that I put together and say "oh that is what she wants". She was in special preschool but summer came and that service ended. We can't afford anything right now so I exhaust myself. I too have another child who is on the ball with every milestone. He is almost two and can out run and jump her. He isn't talking as much but uses all the signs I taught my daughter. The sign language helps us all. He also looks right at you is very focused and stays in the now. My daughter lives somewhere else in her head. SHe is very typical in a lot of ways, looks perfectly normal, but her mild autism is evident to me. I live with her all the time, I deal w/all the behaviours and I have raised my now 16 yr old son and know that my daughter has special needs. Matter of fact, I feel she will not grow out of this or catch up as others like to tell me. I don't have any advise. I just wanted to share because your situation soundes so similar to my own. WE just need to hang on to that hope i suppose. Jen, It wasn't too long ago that I didn't think my son would ever speak, especially in sentences or conversation. He still doesn't really do a conversation but he can answer questions now (he's 4 1/2 and this is his 2nd year at a special school for Autism). And about a month before school let out last year he came home one day and I was lying on my bed reading with the fan we have beside our bed blowing. Matthew walked over to the fan and started pressing the buttons. (the fan is one of those ones that does all kinds of different things, ie rotating and pausing). He suddenly looked up at me and said "cool mommy". I was so pleased that he had said this spontaneously and so appropriately that I bragged about it for days. (who am I kidding I'm still bragging and its been months
I guess the point I'm trying to make is it sounds like your son is coming along with his language, especially receptively. Going to school should really make a good impact for him and before you know it he'll be talking so much you'll have to ask him to slow down
Nita Hi everyone, My son has no language, well what i should say is no words...yet. At 12mths he did say mama, and dada, and then that stopped somewhere between 15 and 18 mths. Just recently though at 26mths he has started with dada and mama again, and consonant sounds have been exploding from his mouth so i guess like anything else we practice at, it just takes time to learn. As one of good friends told me "we all go down the road of life, some of us just take a different path. Today is a good rollercoaster ride for me as you can tell, tomorrow i may have to reread that last sentence. oh ahs anyone tried those "bee smart baby" tapes, I have some from a friend, but all my son will watch is Barney. Danielle
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