Does your 14 months old "get" it?

MirandaHobbes

I'm starting to have that mom guilt freak out that my kid is somehow behind and was just curious if you thought this behavior sounds familier. DS doesn't talk yet (lots of babbling- pedi said normal) and doesn't seem to respond to or understand our talking to him. Like if I said "give me the airplane" he wouldn't know what that was or would ignore me. Or "do you want apples" he wouldn't shake head yes or no. He doesn't seem to respond to "do you want more" except he does put his hand to his mouth to block me if he's had enough of something.

 The only toys that hold his interest for any length of time are cups and balls that he bangs on the floor or chases around the house. He refuses to sit still for a book- he has not shown any interest in books at all (to be fair I haven't been consistent with this- I'm trying to do a book at bedtime now). He goes to an inhome daycare that does almost exclusively free play all day long (no real structure).

 I guess I feel like I'm at a weird not a baby not a tot stage and was just wondering when you thought your baby was starting to understand the world around them better.

LuckyH

I think what you are describing is normal.  DD is only just now starting to understand what we say to her.  It probably started around 15.5 months.  The only difference between what you are describing and DD is she is very interested in books, but she always has been.  I never worked with her on it. 

food_chick

DS never really said mama or dada, but he does LOTS of babbling!  He used to say dog and cat but seems to have moved on to "what's that?"  He says it about everything.  The only time he sits for books is at nap time or bed time, otherwise he just wants to flip through the pages for a few minutes then move on to something else.   He has learned the sign for all gone, but he does it, then eats more.  So I don't think he grasps what it means 100%.  He is pretty good about understanding no, which is wonderful.  And he understands when I ask if he wants milk or to see daddy.  But doesn't seem to follow directions with a lot else. 

That was a lot of rambling, but I hope it helps ya.    Oh, and he has never shook his head yes or no.

Renee070806

at 12 mos ds could only say mama dada and ball..well kind of.  he didnt call me mama, or dh dada...he just babbled it all day long.  to me..that doesnt count as speaking.  i was worried and pedi assured me that some babies focuse on different things than others (didnt make me feel good considering he wasnt even crawling). 

by 13mos he could say 5 words and right now he probably says 15.  once they start there is no stopping them.  he also starting crawling on may 5 and cruising the next day.  its amazing...

he has always liked books but i think mostly because a. i read to him every night and have since he was 3weeks old and b. because he spent all day sitting in our living room and thats what i gave him to entertain himself with. my friends lo shows no interest in books, he is 18mos and is pretty advanced with most things.

it will come in due time...pretty soon you will be hearing NOOO all day long like the rest of us

johnsoar

I'm going to say it's normal even though DD does most of the things you describe.  She doesn't have lots of words but she babbles.  She does go look for an item if you ask her where it is.  She doesn't shake her head yes but does shake no...I think they mean the same thing to her though

DD is not really into toys.  They don't hold her attention or she would rather play with the dog or his toys.  She hates books.

KGsky

DD is about 50/50 in this area.  The whole development thing is a spectrum, and I think 18 mos. - age 2 is really where the catching up happens.  As long as your pedi isn't worried, I wouldn't worry about it.  There are things dd does that others can't and things others do that DD isn't even close to doing.  A co-worker of mine said her 14 month old picks up all his toys and puts them in his bin. DD only puts things that are not toys that she wants to play with in her bin (today I found an empty soda bottle for recycling in her toy bin)

dpdw

DD is 15 months old & has just started "getting it". Like the pp said, there's a large spectrum of abilities at this age, so I wouldn't be worried about your 14 month old.  My DS is 3 now, but I remember that once he hit 18 months his speech and understanding of instructions made a marked improvement.

jlw2505

My DD is 14 1/2 months and totally gets things.  According to her daycare teacher, she seems to be a bit ahead of the other kids in her class that around the same age but she also has a big sister to learn from.  They are both in a daycare center FT and while they have a lot of free time, they have a lot of structure which includes story time, art projects, they do sign language with the kids starting at 6 months.  You get my point - she is around stimulation all the time between us, her sister (who will be 3 ina  few weeks) and daycare.  She has a handful of words, shakes her head yes and no, can communicate with signs and by showing us things.  On the other hand, my now almost 3 year old was a little slower in all these areas and didn't talk until 17-18 months although she was doing sign language at this point and was understanding some basic instructions but not nearly as well as my younger DD.