could DD be colorblind?

EMT

We've been working with her on colors for such a long time.  By working with her I really mean just reading her tons of books and asking her what color things are.  She is extremely verbal and has picked up on shapes and animals and such very quickly.

It seems like she isn't making any progress on colors.  She knows orange and that is it...she can say all other colors, but she doesn't consistently associate the name she knows with the color she is looking at.  This post probably sounds crazy because she isn't even two but it just seems like all other word associations have come so easy to her that I wonder if she can't see the differences in the colors.

We are in no rush and colorblindness isn't a big deal so I'm not really worried, I'm just curious if that is what it could be?  It doesn't run in our families and since she is a girl, I would think not likely.

Okay, after typing this out, I'm realizing I do sound like THAT mom; the crazy one.  She's not even two.

shouldbeworkin

I thought that was a male trait?  I think it is completely normal for kids to not know their colors until they are 3 y/o.

skippy2310

LOL.  I had this exact conversation with DH a few months ago.  It seemed like every night we would work on colors and Owen just doesn't seem to care.  We asked my BIL who's a pedi, and he said that knowing colors is a 3 year old skill and there's nothing to worry about.  Don't feel bad, I was starting to get worried too

 

hopefulmom

Try to concentrate on red and green.  If she can tell the difference after going over them a few times she is most likely not colorblind.

EMT

I *think* females can be colorblind too; it is just a lot less common. 

mrsterry

I think it's too soon to say that either way.  I know that we didn't realize that Zachary had difficulty with colors until he was in 1st grade.  I thought he was just being a stubborned boy sometimes when we would go over them....then I had the eye doctor test him when he went for a regular eye exam.  Low and behold he IS colorblind, but it's mainly yellows and greens that he can't see.

firefightersgal

According to my Human Growth and Development book (which I am currently looking at) color-blindness is females is extremely rare. 

AnnapolisLari

She's not even two.

Relax.

Air_Force_Wife

Girls can be colorblind, but it is really rare!  You would have to be a carrier for the colorblindness trait, and your DH would have to be colorblind for your daughter to be colorblind.

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

I actually am a little concerned that DS is colorblind and am going to ask about it at his 3yr appt. He knows all of his colors except he constantly confuses red and green -he says green when he sees red and vice versa. I have read that this is a very common form of color blindness, so it may be a possibility. I don't think your situation sounds like color blindness though to be quite honest, just give her some time.

luluroo

She's 2...relax. HA!

I remember thinking the same thing about Luke at this age.  He was a lot like Maddie and VERY verbal.  He could tell me every animal, sound, everything but colors seemed difficult.  It was one of those things that took a bit for him to pick up.

kjr

LOL.  I said the same thing about Alex before he turned 2!  It just seemed so odd to me that he was picking up so many other things, but could only identify some colors, some times.  He would say all of their names, but he had trouble identifying them.

But it just takes time!  I think it is perfectly normal at that age not to have it all down.

sarahjared

Women can be colorblind but they are usually the carriers.  For example, I carry the trait so if I would have had a son, he had a 50% chance of being colorblind.  I'm not sure what the % would be for a girl. 

winery

Are you reading my mind?  Because I've been wondering the very same thing about J, and it's worse because MH is color challenged, as I like to say.

But, like you said, she's not even 2, so we really shouldn't worry about it just yet.

It's hard not to, though, when they say everything else and the colors seem to be falling behind. 

true_norskie

I think a pp said this but both your DH AND you would have to be color blind to have a color blind daughter.  Hence the reason it is so rare for females to be color blind.

bls27

I was just wondering the same thing for my almost two year old.  She knows all of the names of colors but NEVER gets them right.  I decided to step back and work on catergorizing and grouping which she is just starting to get.  For example, tonight we were picking up her Mega Blocks which are in the primary colors.  First, we picked up the yellow blocks. As I held a yellow block, she searched and just put away the yellow ones.  We went through each color one at a time.  It didn't help her learn her colors but at least I knew she wasn't really colorblind!

shopgirl78

I though colorblindess was only on the Y (male) chromosome. ?

I think your daughter is two and just doesn't know her colors yet. ??

Angela814

I think it's really all about what they're interested in.  DD knew her colors a couple months before she turned 2.  She's 2 1/2 now, and she still doesn't know any shapes.  When I ask her what shape something is, she tells me what color it is.  She also can't identify letters or numbers.  Oh, and DD was not very verbal until the last couple months.  She was just starting to say sentences at 2.  Kids just pick different orders to learn things.  It doesn't mean one is smarter than the other.