Is this normal? Trying to understand if anything is wrong with my baby
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Re: the bath - My boy did the same thing just last week. Ran his bath like usual, he got in and started crying. Dad asked if he wanted to try the shower instead and he said yes, then the next time it was bath time he was fine with having a bath because we'd explained that at the end of the bath he could have a shower too. Now he doesn't mind either I guess because he has a choice?? Re: food - I think its always important to go to gp/health professional about this as children not eating can be very serious. A member of my extended family just had to take their young child into hospital and be given a feeding tube for the past few months because they are refusing to eat anything. So I really think it's important you talk to someone about this ❤️
From what I know of development with babies, it may be the trilingual part that is slowing down his speech and understanding. If you are mixing and matching the languages for the same thing then it will take longer for LO to learn as they are trying to learn 3 languages let alone 1. It may be worth talking to your HV about the best way to teach LO the languages, is it better to do 1 first then another, 2 then add in the 3rd etc. When you say LO only eats a few things, do you mean volume of food is small or number of choices is small they eat a normal quantity?
Every child is different, if you're really concerned or anxious speak to healthcare professional, gp or health visitor. I think we often compare our children to others especially with social media… its definitely normal - for YOUR toddler. If that's what they do, that's what they do. It doesn't sound like they're unable to communicate, just that they maybe are stubborn in what they want to do or say as toddlers can be. My boy (20m) is exactly the same, he speaks fine, babbles sentences, sometimes paragraphs to us a lot and we have to ask him to slow down, calm down or try to just say it in a few words. He knows what he wants but I think he gets overwhelmed. It gets difficult sometimes but just try to remain patient and know that it will get better. They are just children at the end of the day. Just try to teach through them rather than teaching things to them?? If that makes sense, like go with what he wants to do. It'll all work out!