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refresh »[-]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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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.
[ Reply | Options ]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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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.
[ Reply | Options ]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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[-]Anyone else pretend it takes a lot longer to pump at work than it does? Just so no one will bug you?
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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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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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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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[-]No background in the field of education (finance mom here), but thinking that I might want to work at a private school in an operations/finance role. Is there such a thing? Do you need to be a teacher first? Hard to find? Any leads? NYC by the way. TIA!!
6 replies [ Reply | Watch | Options ]yes, go to www.nais.org, click on career center and then search for CFO/business office jobs. There will be a lot of them, you can see the requirements. The ones in NYC are very difficult to get, they don't come up a lot and there are so many finance people here. but might be worth a try
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[-]Anyone have experience with an Angelcare monitor? Ours keeps going off unnecessarily. DB is sleeping pretty well, but the alarm keeps us up. We are nervous to do without, esp since she has learned to roll over and prefers sleeping on her tummy. Anyone BTDT?
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[-]due with #2 on friday and i feel like someone punched me in my vagina. so sore! a sign of labor?
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[-]Is there a certain brand of pacifiers that are better for breast fed babies? TIA
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[-]Does cio solve the multiple night wakings? Right now we're rocking db to sleep, and we don't mind that, but he waking 4 times a night, and it's killing us. He's 6.5 mos and bf'ed. Is it time to cio?
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Has anyone used microsort?
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[-]Any paint color reccs for a nursery that could work for a boy or girl?
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[-]does anyone know this strollers brand/model? tia! http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=d7c2797282&attid=0.1&disp=inline&view=att&th=11a0cc0dee8da324
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oh i am sorry! Try this link.... http://bp1.blogger.com/_UGdhXNrXIsw/SDRy-4couJI/AAAAAAAABE8/47ioK42Lr8Q/s1600-h/stroller.jpg
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