BABY DEVELOPMENT

my soon to be 16 month old is yet to be talking. i call his bottle “babas” and he seems to be saying that, and sometimes i feel like i can hear him say “ball” but he just babbles all day. he doesn’t say mama, he doesn’t clap, or point at anything. he barely acknowledges his name and he does get upset when i say “no”. sometimes i feel like he can understand but sometimes i feel like he doesn’t. he doesn’t like to interact with me as much as i would like, example: he’ll throw the blocks when i try to stack them for him to see, he will smack the books i try to read him, he doesn’t throw the ball back to me no matter how much i try to teach him. he’s peds said it was normal but when i took him to another doctor he said my child was severely developmentally delayed. he referred me to early intervention, speech and physical therapy. he was approved for speech, he may not be approved for PT because physically he is doing a lot like climbing, squatting and getting up, ofc walking and he’s clearly going to run soon. idk what else to do, i do feel like ive failed him but idk how to get him to interact with me more. im trying to get out of the “baby voice” but its honestly harder then i thought lol. does anyone have any advice?
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Don’t feel bad momma , mine has to have PT/OT right now too.some babies just take longer ❤️❤️. You got this

Every baby takes their own pace! Reading is supposed to be really good and I try to name objects when my 15 mo points which is a lot lol

I can relate so much to your struggle. My son is also having speech issues. He doesn’t say mama or dada or babbles much. He doesn’t respond to his name. Doesn’t point or clap or wave. Im starting to get worried too but we’re seeing a speech therapist. So hoping that goes well. It’s just hard because I see all these other babies doing so much yet he isn’t doing much. I hope your little one does great with his speech therapy. ♥️

Reading helps, ASL is still language! I'm learning ASL and teaching him some words ( actual ASL). I got him interested in clapping by having a home device play music and clapping to it. And I clapped to music too . At this age they won't understand the word no, just lots of redirecting.

I point to things and say what they are

I explain to him what I'm doing as I'm doing it, whenever possible

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