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Enbwife
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08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 1:52 pm
Kimmo - here are some recent photos taken this past weekend. Our first snowman and our trip to the museum with my little neice, Ava.

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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 1:53 pm
Ooops - those are kind of big. 
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Tuesday, March 02, 2004 - 8:57 pm
Oh my goodness! What a sweet boy! Aren't he and Ava the same age? Nate sure is tall! Great pictures. 
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 9:41 am
Ava is one day older than Nate but Nate is at least 10 1bs and a few inches taller than her. She's a tiny little thing.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 10:37 am
my daughter is 13 now, and now i wonder if i talked too much to her when she was just learning to talk. i kept the running monologue going, mainly because i was bored stiff with noone to talk to. (i was used to the corporate world - and made an abrupt shift to being a stay at home mom for two years) now... i can't get her to shut up! she talks non-stop! if she's not on the phone, she's yapping at me and her dad. through the tv shows, the commercials, right up until bed. YES she even talks in her sleep!
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Mamie316
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07-08-2003
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 11:15 am
My daughter is 18 and hasn't stopped talking since she started! I would go to all of her parent/teacher conferences and they would always say how intelligent she was and always ahead of her class BUT.... she talked an awful lot. Every year it was the same thing. It got to where I would sit down and say to the teacher, "Here's what you are going to tell me..." And they would always laugh and say well you know your daughter. Both of my children talked very early and very well and I think it was because of me constantly talking to them.
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Landi
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07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 11:20 am
my mom got that at my parent teacher conferences too. ABOUT ME! and i ended up with a masters degree. i turned out pretty good! so i figure it's okay. the main thing new parents. talk to them, soon they will talk back. and then... they will TALK BACK! <smile> the main thing i've learned more than anything being a parent - you're always learning. each child is special in their own little way, each different, and love is always the answer.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 12:44 pm
funny because that is what would happen with me and my teachers. One of the funny stories is that the teacher sat me up fron right by her so that she could control my talking and before she knew it she was into an entire conversation with me herself and she told my mom that she did not even notice until she was in the middle of it. That is not Dylan though. It's frustrating, he is babbling more and more every day and I feel like he is right there but not yet. Also he doesn't point at things which really puzzles me because I see all kids do it. Anyhow, yes I took Dylan to Barney. I would suggest getting an isle seat so that he can dance. ALL the kids were either dancing up and down or standing on the chairs or on the parents lap because they are ALL too little to see.I will post some pictures of the show. Dylan smiled when he came out and watched intensely. As with the tv shows, he got bored when there is a lot of dialogue. He likes the singing and dancing. I was seated in the 7th row and that was called the "purple section" we got BArney goodie bags with crayons a coloring book and a Barney poster. Really cute! I think they could have had more lighting effects but the backdrops were pretty. The music was not too loud. Trust me, Dylan would have complained if it was. It was perfectly leveled. At the very end there was a loud boom though and tons of paper hearts busted out from the ceiling and Dylan got scared and started crying but it was the only time he cried during the entire show. Of course, I took goldfish, crackers, water, you name it-I had it! I would recommend it. I was so excited that now I want to take DYlan to see the show they offer at Universal. Since it's so close to us we can just go up one weekend.
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Danzdol
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04-21-2001
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 12:56 pm

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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 2:31 pm
Thanks, Danz-- Dylan looks so focused on the show, it's so cute! I will just buy tickets, hopefully in a front row or aisle seat. It just seems like being in a skybox would be so pointless. I wouldn't worry about pointing....I don't remember Rowan pointing that much. I remember a couple of times, but it wasn't all the time. Maybe it means you already fulfill his needs so much already, or give him what he needs, that Dylan doesn't feel a need to point at something to get it? Thanks for the new pictures, Lisa! Gee, Nate has such a nice big lot of hair (well, Dylan too). Rowan's is still so fine, people joke about him having a receding hairline! It really hasn't filled out in the front, though it's getting pretty long in the back. The doctor says it's not a nutrition issue (as I had been worrying).
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, March 03, 2004 - 2:54 pm
A lot of times the kids that point tend to be given whatever they are pointing at without having to speak. Don't worry about the pointing. I do day care and I have seen many different types of children from ones who talk all the time, to more quiet children, to the ones who don't say much at first but once they get going...look out! Watch, Dylan will be one of those children, who once he starts saying things, will be saying really big words and not just baby words. He's just taking in whatever you are saying to him right now and when he is ready, and the key is they always do things when THEY are ready, he'll be talking your ear off.
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 12:44 pm
Or maybe Dylan will be the strong, silent type who doesn't have a lot to say but when he does everyone stops to listen... 
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Friday, March 05, 2004 - 2:10 pm
hee hee it's so cute that like I said his babbling is increasing so much that now even when he cries for something like tv, he will look at me and with a very upset expression he says "dadadadagagagggaagaga" to let me know he is upset that I am taking so long to turn the tv on. He is also starting to associate the spanish word "tete" which means pacifier and he says "dededede" when he wants it and I won't give it to him. It's funny and I feel bad smiling because he is all upset when he does this but oh so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!! My MIL and my mom seem to think that he is going to have a strond personality because he is very intense at everything that he does, look at, or complain about.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 7:26 am
I am doing an experiment this week. On Sunday I took away all of his electronic toys. YOu know the ones that have lights and play songs when he touches them . I felt awful because he loves to go around his room and touch all of them at the same time but I was thinking that maybe if there was non of that he might use a little bit of more creativity with his toys and be inclined to make his own sounds. What do you all think? I figure I will try it for one week and see if there is a difference. On Sunday it was wonderful, he was in his room (which he loves by the way) playing with the simplest things babbling away. Yesterday he seemed frustrated, bored and not as into his regular toys. Let's see what happens today. Someone also recommended the book THE EINSTEIN SYNDROME by Thomas Sowell. I ordered it Sunday night. It is a book about late talkers and how some doctors dismiss late talking as autistic or having other syndromes when in reality they turn out to be very intellectual and artistic......Has anyone heard of this?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 7:47 am
Danz, I have a late talker. I really don't think taking away electronic toys will make a difference. It may have a nice effect in that when he gets them back he will be more interested in them. But as far as encouraging his speech, I don't think so. Some boys just don't talk til they are 2 and then they take off. Ryan didn't even say mama til he was 28 months old. He was in speech therapy by then (I started him at age 24 months.) Call around (Easter seals is actually who I called first and they directed me from there.) and see what Florida has to offer in terms of screening/therapy. Our state (IL) has free screenings and Early Intervention. Maybe Florida does too. Good Luck.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 2:45 pm
Danz, I think it doesn't hurt to experiment. At least you're seeing if it works! Speaking of electronics, does Dylan watch TV much? At home, Rowan is allowed to watch 30 minutes a day and we don't watch other programs until after Rowan goes to bed. I think he started watching TV around 20-22 months. I only limit it because DH is a complete zombie whenever the TV turns on, if he didn't practically go brain-dead and completely unresponsive (just sits and stares blankly), I wouldn't feel like it should be kept off almost all the time! Ugh, just the way he "watches" it is not a great example of television viewing. I'm sure Rowan must already watch a half-hour of TV at school during "free time" as well, so usually we don't have the TV on during the weeknights. When watching TV, we'll talk about the show ("What happened?", "What is that lady wearing?", "What happens next?", "What did that man do?", "What was that noise?", etc).
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 3:16 pm
He actually watches a lot of tv compared to your half hour He watches Sesame Street in the morning then after lunch he will watch the Telletubbies and after dinner he will watch one of his tapes. It is impossible for us to not watch tv at night because we don't have time to tape them and watch it later and being a member of TVCH means I have quite a lot of addiction to reality shows Hmm the neurologist actually suggested that tv be on ALL DAY LONG! I disagree with that but he said that for the purpose of speech that he needs to here it from all over the place. ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!I htink he's nuts. It's along day for Dylan he wakes now at about 9am takes a 3-4 hour nap and goes to bed between 10-11. His loves his programs but he does not stand still ever! He walks from one place to another, he eats his cheerios, drinks water , leaves the tv while it's on and plays in his room for 15 minutes, comes back and watches some more, throws a ball around, talks to Elmo or whoever is on, babbles, leaves and comes back again ,etc...he is non stop wether the tv is on or not. The only time he stays put is if he is in his high chair, then he does look like a zombie so if by any chance I am feeding him with it on then I take him down immediately. It's really cute to watch him.
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 5:14 pm
I hope I didn't sound negative about TV-- The only reason we don't watch it is because DH acts like the world disappeared. His brain definitely turns off when the TV is on! Rowan *has* picked up on stopping everything when the TV is on, which is why I have it off. Maybe it's not because of DH's example....Maybe if I turned it on more, it wouldn't be so arresting. I do miss TV, too! Maybe he's just too busy to stop and talk! As Julieboo suggested, maybe it's just not time (but it sounds like it almost is).
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 6:04 pm
kimmo... it's called hyperfocus. is your DH add or adhd?
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Justavice
Member
07-12-2003
| Tuesday, March 09, 2004 - 8:31 pm
One thing that really interested me as a child was a plastic record player that played records of books. (Think 1978) I would follow along with the pictures in the books and listen to the record. I was probably two at the time (according to mom)and loved to pretend I was "reading". I was a late talker and NEVER used babytalk. They all thought there was something wrong with me, until I started talking in full sentences. I just skipped the baby-talk phase. I was also incredibly shy and fearful of everything (still am) but all of this has only proven to be an asset as an adult. My mom used to tell me she figured I was thinking things instead of saying them, and I know I was a blessing for her because she had three kids under the age of 3 at one time.
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Julieboo
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02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 8:12 am
Just-you don't mean that being shy and fearful of everything has proven to be an asset as an adult do you?
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 1:10 pm
Landi-- I don't think DH has ever been diagnosed as ADD or ADHD, and he is typically very task-oriented. But he does have mild epilepsy-- It never occurred to me that the TV viewing might trigger a minor seizure. I guess I'm used to the staring off into space rather and didn't think about staring directly at the TV being a possibility. Is that possible? It's only with TV that this happens.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 1:35 pm
yes, specifically with tv, or with computer games, or the computer. my dd does it with the tv, as do i (i'm borderline ADD and OCD, my dd is ADHD with SIDS). i don't even realize i'm doing it. it's nothing to worry about. the hyperfocus i mean. as for triggering a seizure, a specific pokemon episode in the mid 1990's did this because of the flashing lights that it produced. they removed the program from rotation. 99% of all tv programs will not do that. as for your son, if you don't have the tv on all that much, he's probably just really interested in it. hope this helps.
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Justavice
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07-12-2003
| Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 9:28 pm
Julieboo-- Instead of shy and fearful, I now call it "introspective". I am a child therapist and have found my own experience of fear and timidness have helped me as a clinician and as a person interacting with families. I wouldn't be where I am now without the experiences I had as a child.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 7:39 am
I need tips of teeth brushing. He has about 12 teeth now and he needs to start brushing. Of course, making a 21 month old brush his teeth could be challenging. I have tried to get him to hold the toothbrush but he won't even hold it. He pushes it and me away and screams and if I was killing him. On the other hand, my niece imitates my SIL and does it on her own. Tips?
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