i do sing to my son daily. i will sing different children songs but he seems to like twinkle twinkle little star cos when i sing he will laugh & get very excited. at times, it seems like he wants to talk but in his own baby language. so i will always talk to him, asked him what does he wants to tell mummy/daddy. there r even times when i spotted him 'talking' to our dog! so i will also asked him what does he wants to tell ginger?pkshl, have you ever tried letting your son learn signing? It allows them to express themselves before they learn how to talk. This way he can express how he feels and you can also know what he wants. I strongly feel that signing has helped my boy to talk at a very young age. I started letting him learn signs as early as 4months? But not to worry, it is never too late to start. When he's about 10months, he could sign some basic necessities in life like milk, sleep, diaper wet, bathe, cat, dog, eat, drink, open, close, and even say some of them though not accurate but we could still make out what he's trying to say. When he's 18 months, gosh his vocab grew astonishingly. Now he just turned 2 yrs and very vocal; can argue with us in sentences!!!!...hee hee... even negotiate terms siah!??!! Phonics not 100% accurate but heck we are not pressuring him but let him pick up at his pace. We just correct him now and then. Can sing most nursery songs with at least 80% accuracy on the lyrics after hearing couple of times, knows a-z, counting things physically, even at times "scold" us when we do something wrong or he doesn't like it. So haha is it good that they start to talk early??
OMG! ashton also loves twinkle twinkle! when he wanna slp, must listen, when he cranky, i also must sing to him! LOL!i do sing to my son daily. i will sing different children songs but he seems to like twinkle twinkle little star cos when i sing he will laugh & get very excited. at times, it seems like he wants to talk but in his own baby language. so i will always talk to him, asked him what does he wants to tell mummy/daddy. there r even times when i spotted him 'talking' to our dog! so i will also asked him what does he wants to tell ginger?
few nights ago, i bought him a small toy bus, i placed it infront of him & tel him BUS BUS & i thought i heard him say something like "......bus.."
AMAZING! :err: now i even show him flashcards of abc,123 but he seems more interested to 'eat' the card..:embarrassed:sign..
i did. everyday i teach him to call mummy /papa but takes times i guess...:embarrassed:hmm mayb you can start teaching him 'papa/daddy, mama/mummy" 1st instead of bus and toher things? let him know and learn hw to address ppl 1st? oh ya, teach him hw to say 'baobao'! we did that, force ashton to say baobao if not we dont carry him. but he only say that once in awhile! :tlaugh:
gosh my kid's 18 months end of this week and i can count the words she say in one hand! up, mama, papa, nan nan (milk), yeye (grandfather). at what age should i start to bring her to see a doc? (dont't tell me now! :err:
i think the cut off is abt 2 yrs old.Just be patient.some kids just take longer but eventually they will all get there.
from the kids i came across, most of them started toking at 2.5 yo, or rather, they started simple words also at 2.5 yo.. my nephew, my mum's fren's kid, my fren's son... only my another 2 nephew started toking simple words n short sentences at ard 2yo.. think mayb u can observe till she is 2yo? cos my fren also observed till her son was ard 2yo and she brought him to KK for speech therapy.. =)gosh my kid's 18 months end of this week and i can count the words she say in one hand! up, mama, papa, nan nan (milk), yeye (grandfather). at what age should i start to bring her to see a doc? (dont't tell me now! :err