My son will be 15 months old next week. He says two words so far - Hi and Bye, both he didn't learn from me.I try to teach him so many things , but he never learns anything from me. Why is that? I try to get him to make animal sounds etc but he just smiles.The only success I have had is when I make weird sounds like pak-pak-pak-pak and he goes pa-pa-pa-pa-pa or I say oh-ho and he goes o-o-o-o. My cousin had thought him to clap his hands for the "If you are happy" song, he learnt it immediately. My parents had tought him to hold hands to his ear when they said 'Phone call', he did that everytime! At daycare , they have taught him 'all done' and he shakes his hands everytime he is done with food. Why doesn't he do anything I try to teach. Isn't he too little to not listen to mom or ignore what mom says ..lol. Or is there a trick to get kids to learn things which I am not aware of?
So he doesn't call me or his dad anything yet. There have been many times where he goes ma-ma-ma-ma but it's never specifically to me. When did your kids say mom or dad to you? I have heard boys tend to do things later and also we don't speak english at home , so my son is exposed to 2 languages , hence the delay? What do you think? TIA!
Don't worry about it!
My son didn't utter a single word until he was 15 mos, and even then, all he said was "Ball". He didn't say mama or dada until about 17-18mos.
Now, at 3, we'd like to gag him! LOL!
Nothing to worry about just yet!
I think: relax. :)
My son will be 15 months on the 29th.
He says "hot" and "ouch". (I was teaching him to stay away from the oven.)
He waves bye-bye.
I think he has words he tries to say in reference to his sister and the dog-but they are not easily distinguishable.
He sorta says da-da, but it's kinda unconvincing.
He is not too little to completely ignore you when you are trying to teach him.
Do you know those dog treat commercials where the dog has a one track mind about "Beggin' strips"?
Think of your son as the hummingbird version of that dog.
Meaning, he has a one track mind for about 10 seconds till he moves on to the next thing.
That is my observation, anyhoo.
The trick? Just be repetitive, and have fun. :)
Oh and I have heard that when 2 languages are used they are a bit delayed...so no worries. :)
My sisters daughter is bi-lingual and yes this has alot to do with the delay. My neice said almost nothing until she was 3 and now at almost 4 speaks both languages fairly well, but she doesn't speak either one really well yet. I have read that most kids catch up at about 5 if they are being taughgt bi-lingually. Your son sounds smart enough. Also positive reinforcement goes a long way. So when you son starts babbling mamamamama get all excited and run over to him and be like YAY you said MAMA! and point to yourself and say MAMA and point to him and say his name and repeat repeat repeat :)
I've read being bilingual can delay BOTH languages for babies. But don't worry, after a little delay it will be SOOOO worth it for him to know both.
Sounds right on to M.!
:)
My son was much slower to speak than my daughter... like not until nearing 3 did he really even try to start. But now, he's almost 4 and almost up to complete speed, just a little on the pronunciation and we'll be there.
So long as he's responsive, cooperative, social, seems he's just a little later on that skill. You could also have him tested -- I did mine around 2 1/4 yrs, and he was great with all other portions so ped just said to be patient.
Good luck!:)
Hi SK
You've received a lot of good advice, but I wanted to answer the question about why he won't do anything you teach.
The roles we see for others in our life is a very complex thing. I identified with that piece of your post very quickly - so I might be projecting.
I am not my daughter's teacher. not about 'school stuff' anyway. I've always joked that if I was forced to homeschool she would never learn anything. Now, don't get M. wrong... she wants to be with M..... when she was little we colored and read stories and I held her for what seemed like forever. Once she got older we cooked together and cleaned together and watched TV together. Now that she's 10 we can have a conversation about boys and trust and respect and friends and how to treat each other and what to do in xyz situations. She learns that kind of stuff from M..
But she simply does not see M. as her teacher. And I'm pretty smart. I have a master's degree. I can actually hold a job. And shop. And balance a checkbook. And book an entire vacaction online.
But check her homework? MELTDOWN. Teach her about long division or explain a concept about different cultures in her social studies book? No way. She wants M. as completely disconnected from that as I can possibly be.
So.... what to do? program Auntie and uncles cell phone #s into her phone. Give her access to a computer and let her look up info on the web (under supervision). At one point I hired a teacher to be her 'mentor' after school to ask questions specific to her homework. Then I would pick her up and we would walk to the park and sit on the grass and talk about where we would go if we won a million dollars - we had time to do that cuz we didn't have any homework to do!!!!!
Does it hurt... sure sometimes. But mostly I try to surround her with smart people who will give her the right answers. That's what family is for.
So - your son may not see you as his teacher. That's what all those relatives are for. And that's a great way for him to bond with them. It doesn't make you a bad mother. It simply makes you HIS mother. So if you want him to learn the alphabet - buy him the elmo sings the alphabet song and then cuddle with him on the couch while the two of you each grapes and cubed cheese. You - love him.......... and leave the teaching to elmo!!!!!!
