Not using their words?

Jas*sGirl · July 2009

Ads has this thing now where she goes uh uh uh at anything she sees or wants. It has gotten to the point where it is driving us batty! She is uh uh uhing ALL DAY LONG. How do I encourage her to use her words? Or do I just ignore this a bit and see if it self corrects itself? Its going to be embarrassing when she goes to college and sees a cute boy and goes uh uh uh!

WatchPot · July 2009

" Its going to be embarrassing when she goes to college and sees a cute boy and goes uh uh uh!"

Hilarious!

SHe's still kinda young to know words of what she wants right? Not sure this is the right thing but when DS did this, we would say " you want your book" Get the book, give it to him and make him say or sign "please" or the word if he knew what it was. It sorta worked. Now when he tries to uh uh uh and point, we say "what do you want" and he'll go point at it or tell us if he knows the word.

BriAndSean · July 2009

Kaylin is going through this right now so I totally sympathize. We have been working with her on saying and signing please when she wants something. She got the sign down almost right away but she has yet to say the word. In any case, I much prefer her signing then just doing the uh uh uh! deal

blueLu25 · July 2009

I would just model the words you think she is trying to say, and encourage her to say it after you. Like if she wants a drink, say Oh, you want a drink! Can you say 'drink'? And then give it to her. She will make the connection, epecially if you arent just responding to the uh uh uh, without giving her the words she should use. HTH!!

cmcmillan · July 2009

Mason went through a huge phase of this, excpet his sound of choice was "zzz zzzz" and it drove us crazy. It will just take time for her to vocalize acutal words that you will understand. We would just say/ask what he wanted, "you want your book/snack/toy". I feel like with Mas it went on for maybe 4-6 months, before his vocabulary caught up.

jen_and_tom · July 2009

We're pretty similar to pp's. We say "use your words" and then try to help her find the word by asking and signing what we think she wants "book? drink? eat?". We also try to remain really calm is she gets frustrated that we're not understanding and encourage her that she can find a way to communicate it. We've recently started asking her to show us or point to what she wants but I don't think she would have been able to do this a month ago.

pixelvixen · July 2009

Payton did that with 'dat', drove us nuts! She will grow out of it, no worries! I have a feeling Ads will be a talker like her mama!

we always repeated what P pointed at, like pp's suggested.

KNemo · July 2009

Jas*sGirl:
Its going to be embarrassing when she goes to college and sees a cute boy and goes uh uh uh!

I pink puffy heart you! Aren't there some instances in college where saying "Uh uh uh" is appropriate?? Especially if it is with a boy she likes??? I kid, I kid!

Jas*sGirl · July 2009

KNemo:

Jas*sGirl:
Its going to be embarrassing when she goes to college and sees a cute boy and goes uh uh uh!

I pink puffy heart you! Aren't there some instances in college where saying "Uh uh uh" is appropriate?? Especially if it is with a boy she likes??? I kid, I kid!

LOL yes I see you point and find it valid!! Now if only we will take off her chastity belt before she goes to college!

Seattle_JiLLn · July 2009

I'm surprised she actually has any words to say that young. I wouldn't worry about it. Try to get her to sign if you're sick of the grunting. But she's just barely a year old. How many words does she have??? Ben didnt' have any at 1.

Jas*sGirl · July 2009

Thanks ladies! She actually talks/communicates quite a bit...I was just trying to figure out how to teach her to use her words. She does the uh uh uh thing all the time....its almost become a game with her. She wont even be looking at something and will go uh uh uh...it gets a little crazy. HAHA She also asks "whats that" all the time too so we get uh uh uh and then whats that all in the same sentence. Fun times! I was more wondering if we should play into the uh uh uh or just let it go by the waist side and see if she slows down with it a bit?

sunmountain · July 2009

So funny. DS tends to do this and he knows how to sign "please" or "help". When he does it I say "how do you ask for that?" or "how do you ask for help?" and then he'll sign. I'm pretty insistent about it for everything but he still grunts and whines, must be instinct. I just try not to "reward" him for it. If you can take her hands and help her sign a please or help over and over, maybe that will help?

Seattle_JiLLn · July 2009

sunmountain:
So funny. DS tends to do this and he knows how to sign "please" or "help". When he does it I say "how do you ask for that?" or "how do you ask for help?" and then he'll sign. I'm pretty insistent about it for everything but he still grunts and whines, must be instinct. I just try not to "reward" him for it. If you can take her hands and help her sign a please or help over and over, maybe that will help?

ahhhh that reminds me. When Ben started this grunty thing but didnt have enough words, I taught him a sign for help and for please. So he could at least just tell me he needed something rather tahn just grunting or screaming or something.

coribecca · July 2009

I didn't read the other responses, but at that age we taught Evie to say "please" or "help." That way she could get her point across even if she couldn't say the word for exactly what she wanted.

jen_and_tom · July 2009

I think it's interesting how early they learn "what's that". Paige went through a period of a few weeks where she said it CONSTANTLY, pointing at everything. But, now I haven't heard it from her in a few months. I find that not too long after something goes from cute to annoying they're on to something else.

Seattle_JiLLn · July 2009

jen_and_tom:
I think it's interesting how early they learn "what's that". Paige went through a period of a few weeks where she said it CONSTANTLY, pointing at everything. But, now I haven't heard it from her in a few months. I find that not too long after something goes from cute to annoying they're on to something else.

dont' worry, it will be back. and more involved. "What is that mommy? What's it for? How use it?"

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