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  • [-]my ped wanted to know how many words my 16 yo ds has besides mama and dada. um ... he can say hi, bye and sometimes ball. i thought this was very normal. anyone?

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    05.21.08, 04:00 PM [ Flag ]
    • norm is around 50 by 18mos. but, much more important that he understands everything than can verbalize everything.

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      05.21.08, 04:02 PM [ Flag ]
    • I'm going to get flamed for this, but I think everyone is getting a little crazy about how soon kids talk. I know a couple of kids who were late speaking and everyone freaked out. It was obvious that the kids were perfectly intelligent, and it made my heart hurt to see the mothers have such anxiety about it. I know early intervention is important when there is a problem, but I think there is a lot of paranoia, too. If you know in your heart that there is nothing wrong with your son, that's your answer.

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      05.21.08, 04:05 PM [ Flag ]
      • hey, my kid is perfectly intelligent, but he also has autism.

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        05.21.08, 04:07 PM [ Flag ]
      • Thank you, signed mom of a late talking dd who got wrapped up in the politics(aka nightmare) of EI, and now at almost 5yo she is just normal.

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        05.21.08, 04:07 PM [ Flag ]
      • op: ita, which is why i asked. we have an older girl and just haven't been very amped up about getting him to say this that or the other. i guess i'm wondering if i should be making more of a point of it or something. but my ped also asked if he had any two word phrases, and i was like, uh, nooooooooooo.

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        05.21.08, 04:09 PM [ Flag ]
    • It's on the low end of normal. DD was evaluated for EI at that age, with about that many words, but there were other factors at play - she wasn'y always responsive to loud noises and there is a family history of pediatric deafness in my family, so we were very concerned. She was mildly delayed, but not enough to qualify for services. She was completely caught up by the time she turned 2 (without intervention) - she went from grunting and pointing to "Momma, milk please" literally overnight. She was just one of those kids who didn't want to talk until she knew how to really express herself. GL.

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      05.21.08, 04:06 PM [ Flag ]
      • My ds was the exact same way. He remained that way about almost everything.. walking, riding a bike, etc., etc. He just hung back and when he was ready; took off at full speed.

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        05.21.08, 04:08 PM [ Flag ]
      • poster above with 16 mo that barely says anything - I really think this will be the case for us, I am concerned some times, but she really does seem to understand a lot

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        05.21.08, 04:10 PM [ Flag ]
    • It's very normal. I've heard they want tthem to be able to say 6 words by 18 months.

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      05.21.08, 04:07 PM [ Flag ]
    • I thought receptive language was the bigger indicator? My 16 mo doesn't even say mama, she calls us both 'dada', sort of says cat, hi (not even consistently), but signs for 'eat', 'bottle', 'more', 'all done' and 'help'. I'm just not that worried, she babbles a lot and someday she'll talk

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      05.21.08, 04:09 PM [ Flag ]
  • [-]How many of you breast feed and use formula?

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    05.21.08, 06:24 AM [ Flag ]
    • I ran out of milk. Everyone thinks I'm bullsh*tting, but I really did. Broke my heart. She was STARVING and nobody believed it was because I had nothing to give her. It was such a major dilemma to give her formula, but in retrospect it was truly no big deal. She's almost 7 now, healthy and scathingly brilliant ;)

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      05.21.08, 06:32 AM [ Flag ]
      • I am doing both and feel sort of guilty bc I kinda want my freedom, is that bad?

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        05.21.08, 06:36 AM [ Flag ]
      • my experience exactly. my ds was supplemented from day 4 and, gasp, he is okay

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        05.21.08, 06:36 AM [ Flag ]
        • My dd started supplementing at day 2, are you still supplementing and how old is dc?

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          05.21.08, 06:37 AM [ Flag ]
          • he's five. i didn't produce nearly enough breastmilk. he was underweight to begin with the the ped said i had no choice but to supplement

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            05.21.08, 06:40 AM [ Flag ]
      • Thats crap that everyone thought you were bullsh*tting

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        05.21.08, 06:39 AM [ Flag ]
        • My lactation consultant, my ob-gyn and my pediatrician all said it wasn't likely that my supply was too low. Then my lactation consultant let me borrow one of those finely calibrated scales. I'd weigh her before a feeding and after and she was only getting ½ ounce at every feeding - both breasts. And she was hungry. I also never felt "letdown" and they just felt flaccid all the time. It was a no brainer as far as I was concerned, but nobody else thought this was the case.

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          05.21.08, 06:44 AM [ Flag ]
          • bullshit

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            05.21.08, 03:23 PM [ Flag ]
            • just curious; at what age did this happen or was it from the get-go?

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              05.21.08, 03:37 PM [ Flag ]
      • bullshit

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        05.21.08, 03:22 PM [ Flag ]
    • i bf 6 mo and i use it occasionally when i need a bottle and don't have pumped milk on hand. it's not a big deal. db is getting mostly breastmilk and the occasional botte of formula doesn't seem to hurt my supply.

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      05.21.08, 06:36 AM [ Flag ]
    • I did after I went back to work. Couldn't pump enough.

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      05.21.08, 06:39 AM [ Flag ]
    • i had an emergency c, hemorrhage, severe anemia, postpartum preeclampsia on day 4 and with all the problems my supply never really came in well. pedi basically ordered us to supplement. tried everything to increase bm and finally gave up at 3 mo. i was so sad, like my body had failed in having a c instead of natural birth i wanted and failed at producing enough milk. db, however, is thriving on ff and dad enjoys feeding her.

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      05.21.08, 03:19 PM [ Flag ]