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Your welcome. Been through this twice, and it's a stressful time for young kids. Mine are 9, 7 and 5 now, so they of similar age as yours. My wife just went over the top with the other child when the new one was introduced. Having them "help" with feedings, changing diapers, handing them toys, etc.
This post is an excellent summary of why I am absolutely terrified of having a daughter.
my nephew didn't say much more than that until he was 4+.
Man, something about the stairs says to me that it would be just a matter of time before a significant injury in playing with it.
No offense GB, but this is not good advice. Speech Delay is one of the lead indicators for ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). It does not mean speech delay = ASD but if it does, early intervention is pretty critical. In short, if you're concerned, go see a specialist and get the kid evaluated. If it's nothing, no harm done. If it's something at least you know and you can focus the appropriate resources.
My son is about 2 1/2 and really doesn't even say "Mama" or "Dada". :(
Opinions are like you know whats, everybody has got one. I see Drifter has put in his two cents, and I certainly wouldn't say he is wrong. However, this is what we did. I don't remember his age, but my older son was definitely delayed in speech. We were very stressed out, and our Dr at the time (very laid back about everything) said it was no big deal. We had to find an alternative, so we were given the idea of teaching him sign language. He needed a larger vocabulary because he was obviously having more complex thoughts than he could vocalize, so child, mom and dad were all very stressed. The sign language worked miracles. We only taught him ten words or so, but he could say things like food, hungry, thirsty, more, all done, mom, dad, and probably a couple I've forgotten. After just a brief time of using those, his speech developed rapidly (wether or not the sign language triggered that, I don't know).
Maybe bring it up with his regular Dr. on a regular visit before leaping to a specialist.
No reason not to but your average practitioner is not in a position to diagnose ASD and should likely tell you that if you're concerned to see a specialist.
Yeah, big proponent of the sign language thing. We taught our daughter "more, all done, etc..." and she progressed normally with respect to language development. In fact, I'd like to think she's wayyyy ahead of the curve for a 4.5 year old.
There's a million different variables that play into child development. Don't kick yourself because you didn't do something that 99.999999% of parents don't do.
I played a little Halo with him, against my wife's wishes, but told him not to tell mom. Within hours he is telling her "I want to play that blaster game that dad told me not to tell mom...". Kid ratted me out.
Been playing games around my kids since they were infants. When they turned 3 or so I have them the controller and let them fool around with Mario Sunshine and simple games that they can roam. They're 5 now and we've been playing Smash brothers for about 6 months. Also Lego games. Pretty much since they were 4 we've been playing Lego Batman. They can play it by them selves now and know how to do 90% of the puzzles. I throw on other games here and there just to show them other things exist (Metroid Prime, Metal gear solid, Mass Effect, etc) but they lean towards the cartoon type graphics. I'd say 3+ is safe for the mild games. Gets them used to the controls and they have fun watching.
My son can catch if be holds his arms out, and a throw a ball perfectly where it lands in his arms. I think we are still a few years away from playing catch.
