this is a great book
Everything is going alright for the kid so far. He has nothing to complain about.
My son decided to teach his son ASL when he was turning 2. It seemed to switch on the light - words and actions were connected! His spoken vocabulary increased by leaps and bounds as his ASL vocabulary expanded. He got used to watching us make, and then explain each gesture. So, I turned one day to realize he was watching as I scratched an itch - and had to explain that this particular sign means my nose itches!
Too true. One of mine didn’t walk or talk at eighteen months and was scheduled for testing.
Within one month, he started walking, running and has not shut up to this day. We are reduced to half listening interjecting, isn’t that something, wow, how about that.
He’s a brilliant engineer and works on development projects.
His wife is also an engineer.
Boy do I feel stupid around them!
My oldest son was right at 2 years old before he even bothered to say his first words. Yes, we were worried, and we were getting ready to see a specialist. He was normal in every other way, he just wouldn’t talk. Whenever he wanted something, he simply pointed and grunted.
One day around Christmas time and near his second birthday, he finally spoke his first sentence. We were walking through the local mall and I had him on my shoulders, as he liked being up there so he could see what was happening around him. As my wife and I stood in Line at a register to pay for a purchase, he started patting me on top of my head.
I asked him what he wanted, expecting him to point down and grunt. Instead, he said “I want down.”
My wife and I looked at each other asking each other what he said. We couldn’t believe it! After the wife and I went back and forth asking what the other heard, a very nice older lady standing in line next to us said “he clearly said he wants down!”
We were so happy it was like we were celebrating right there in the store. From that moment on, he spoke in sentences and stopped pointing and grunting.
Same son is now going on 18 and we’re in process of visiting colleges as he’’ll be graduating high school this year. He’s maintained a solid 3.5 GPA up to now and got a 32 on his ACT. He’s looking to get into law enforcement and wants to work for the FBI. God help me, I have no idea why.