My little baby is now 19 1/2 months old. My oldest is 4 1/2 already. Unbelievable how fast time goes. Especially when the second baby comes along.
At my youngest's 15 month checkup, his doctor thought he was developmentally delayed. He wasn't walking yet, not too many words and he refused to feed himself. His doctor recommended getting Early Child Intervention involved. To encourage him to walk they suggested a walk behind push toy
, which we already had. They also suggested taking him outside to walk on the grass.
To feed himself, they recommended lots of finger foods, such as peas, carrots, small pieces of fruit, cheerios, crackers, etc.
For his vocabulary, they recommended lots of reading. As you read, point to the pictures and name the objects and ask him where is ... and ask him to point to it. One book I bought is Happy Baby Words
. It's a nice book. Full of pictures. He seems to enjoy it.
Also, whenever he does do something, take a few steps, feed himself a bite, etc., just encourage and give him lots of praise.
Well, he has come a long ways in the past few months. He was a late walker at 17 1/2 months, but he's running around like a mad man now. He feeds himself now, although still with his fingers. His vocabulary is growing, although I'm still not convinced he's saying as much as he should be. Sometimes his speech is a little hard to understand, but he's still young yet. I did buy him a dvd for speech development called Baby Babble 2 - First Words: P B M
.
It's a nice dvd and really captures his attention. Even his brother enjoys it. This is the 2nd dvd developed by two speech pathologists. This one focuses on learning words which start with the letters P, B and M. The dvd also contains sign language chapters and a tips for parents chapter. It's pretty mellow. Background music plays as different toys and objects are shown and the names of the objects are given. I do think it has helped my son. One day he said papa out of the blue and as the video plays I've heard him jabber along with it.
The first dvd, Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers
, focuses on more than just P, B and M. It's not quite as new, but still relevant. I plan on buying it sometime soon.
Another thing I've done to encourage my son's brain development is feed him lots of berries, blueberries, strawberries, etc. Blueberries are brain food and are pretty affordable when bought frozen. Frozen food is actually more nutritious than fresh because it is frozen as soon as it is picked. Fresh food loses nutrients in transit.
Berries are also full of antioxidants to keep everyone healthy.
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At my youngest's 15 month checkup, his doctor thought he was developmentally delayed. He wasn't walking yet, not too many words and he refused to feed himself. His doctor recommended getting Early Child Intervention involved. To encourage him to walk they suggested a walk behind push toy
, which we already had. They also suggested taking him outside to walk on the grass.To feed himself, they recommended lots of finger foods, such as peas, carrots, small pieces of fruit, cheerios, crackers, etc.
For his vocabulary, they recommended lots of reading. As you read, point to the pictures and name the objects and ask him where is ... and ask him to point to it. One book I bought is Happy Baby Words
. It's a nice book. Full of pictures. He seems to enjoy it.Also, whenever he does do something, take a few steps, feed himself a bite, etc., just encourage and give him lots of praise.
Well, he has come a long ways in the past few months. He was a late walker at 17 1/2 months, but he's running around like a mad man now. He feeds himself now, although still with his fingers. His vocabulary is growing, although I'm still not convinced he's saying as much as he should be. Sometimes his speech is a little hard to understand, but he's still young yet. I did buy him a dvd for speech development called Baby Babble 2 - First Words: P B M
.It's a nice dvd and really captures his attention. Even his brother enjoys it. This is the 2nd dvd developed by two speech pathologists. This one focuses on learning words which start with the letters P, B and M. The dvd also contains sign language chapters and a tips for parents chapter. It's pretty mellow. Background music plays as different toys and objects are shown and the names of the objects are given. I do think it has helped my son. One day he said papa out of the blue and as the video plays I've heard him jabber along with it.
The first dvd, Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers
, focuses on more than just P, B and M. It's not quite as new, but still relevant. I plan on buying it sometime soon.Another thing I've done to encourage my son's brain development is feed him lots of berries, blueberries, strawberries, etc. Blueberries are brain food and are pretty affordable when bought frozen. Frozen food is actually more nutritious than fresh because it is frozen as soon as it is picked. Fresh food loses nutrients in transit.
Berries are also full of antioxidants to keep everyone healthy.
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