Child Development
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I have been a reading baby information website. It is about 75% of normal 15-month-olds should be saying at least five words consisting of “mama”, “dada” and at least 3 other nouns.
As a stay-at-home-mom, your role is to take care of the family, especially the children. I cannot avoid worrying so much about my baby’s development. I am wondering why, when my daughter reached to 24 months old, she wasn’t talking yet. She could only say “mama.” As I observed, with my friend’s children in the Philippines, they started to talk as early as 15 to 18 months of age.
Although, I can admit, I can’t help but feel a little jealous; because I did not understand why my daughter is not as advanced as the other children. Some friends told me that we cannot compare children’s development and expect them all to be the same. Some will develop early and some are late.
One thing that impressed me with my daughter is that her motor skills are very good. She can perform along with action songs by dancing, raising her arms, stamping her feet & etc. So my friends appreciate her, because their children cannot do the same as my daughter does. The only difference is that she is not talking yet.
Just a month ago, my baby girl turned to 2 years and 2 months old. I can’t believe it, she started talking! It’s just like everyday there is a new word. And now, I question myself, how did she learn those words?
Oh, what a nice feeling when my baby starts to talk. My daughter can repeat words after me.
As of now, these are the words that she can speak clearly:
Water, wacker (crackers), juice, mama, papa, barney, elmo, poo-poo, pee-pee, blue, ouch, I’m sorry, you’re sorry, tita Bembem, tita Kathy, book, look, cat, dog, elephant, apple, grapes, ball, bebe (baby), bubbles, shoes, tren (train), airplane, yes, okay, wow, bye.She can also recite the numeric numbers up to 1 to 10 and the ABC Alphabets but only me can understand her.
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August 10, 2007 at 7:54 am
well , as i know about this ,thought my sis had 2 girls and boy, other sis two girls , and my am 26 and my lil sis is 8,
so am like see all this develop from day one they born
so usual the first child get late in talk somehow , but when she had a younger brother/sis the next child talk much faster
, now my niece old like 13 month he Walk,and talk many words , cuz he all time play with his sisters 5 years and 3
so he learn fast
your next child well learn faster
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August 10, 2007 at 10:50 am
Hello, we have five children and the difference between them was enormous. (we have twins too)
Have a wonderful weekend!
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August 10, 2007 at 11:43 am
uy congrats kay maria she wil do the talking now heheh..
katuwa magkaka chikahan na kayo!
happy friday!
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August 10, 2007 at 12:31 pm
hii girl!!! so how r u feeling?? almost there huh!! less than 2 months to go!!
dont worry about ur girl i do believe that every child has their own timing… not that i hv any experience on that…… 
as for the 3 columns layout, one sidebar in each side is what looks better!! that will give u more space to put all the widgets and stuff!!
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August 10, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Thats just awesome day for me when my kid first said “daddy” I think I had to wipe a few tears of my cheek haha…Oger is going to carve you a link this weekend and put it under favorite caves have a great weekend!!!
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August 10, 2007 at 3:27 pm
That’s normal for the first child raq late talking. Andrew was the same like maria’s age. He can talk dada or papa,but not mama or mommy. he had only several words the he can talk, but there’s a certain level that their age can do, that’s why I registered him in Early Intervention because it help him to develop even more like social skill, motor skill and speech language. I was worried back then and ask his pediatric dr about it and glad I made the right decission.. he got a lot of help from early intervention and his doctor. He recieved music private tutor because he like music and speech language because his not talking much the way the his age level and play the same with the age level he is.. like the way to following direction is not just playing.. there’s a certain level as well of their age how to play like stocking the block, reading alpabeth, counting, shape. When andrew 18 month he start develop how to count 1-10, then solving the puzzle of different shape he can do in 4 munites even I mixed up all four different shape for four different level.. that was fantastic and he can read abc perfectly, but the only problem is his social skill with nobody to play other children in our neighborhood thats hurting him in social skill and also his speech delayed. He can talk but hhe didnt talk in his level age.. Early Intervention is help him a lot and by going to different playgroud. Well boys always be the late talking, pero na-agapan namo diretso. So you might want to call early intervention in your are so maria can attend as well. before may 3 years old siya cause dili nana siya qaulified pag-abot sa 3 years old.
We hold our son for 1 year before his going to regular first grade with is this school year because his social skill is behind.. his not matured enough to go on first grade.. but we are happy what he is now because his way more advance if he goes to first grade because he already 96 percent can do math for first grade and his reading skill is 95 percent which is great and I think this time is great because he can read even more. His academic skill is excellent although I need to help him even more.
Good luck kay maria.. just help her at home and take her in the playgourd or anything that has a lot of children..
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August 10, 2007 at 4:39 pm
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Hi everyone, thank you very much of your comments & suggestions they are all highly appreciated.
I’ll be in touch with you tomorrow. Have a great weekend, hope you have a good one!
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August 10, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Hi mads! As what I have read sa mga baby websites..every child is different with their development. As you said that Maria is developing great with her motor skills but not on the language skills..that is normal. Other kids are developing reverse too. They have certain timing through which their cognitive skills is develop. In due time ikaw na sad mapul an kay daghan na ng pangutana si Maria hhehe.
I am using my hubby’s computer so nakaaccess ko diri. I am trying to check my laptop kay nagbinuang na sab.
Cge oi kisses to Maria. Have a great weekend ahead sa inyoha.
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August 11, 2007 at 12:45 am
i understand how you feel, raquel. cheers to your daughter for having learned so much. in no time at all, ikaw na ang susuko sa kadaldalan niya
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August 11, 2007 at 3:39 am
Hi Raq! That is awesome that Maria talks a lot now. I know how cute it is when they started talking. It would be nice if you can teach her filipino words too. I bet you already did. Good job on parenting. Take care. God bless you all.
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August 11, 2007 at 5:49 am
never never compare your child’s development with other toddlers… iba iba talaga ang mga yan.
some talk earlier… some walk sooner… some can identify shapes and colors even before they can talk and walk…
the most important is that we [parents] never stop teaching them new things every day.
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August 11, 2007 at 9:03 am
reading this story makes me feels bit better. i read my friend’s blog and can’t help not to envy her daughter. she’s almost the same age with my son but she talks already. hopefully after my son turns 2 years and 2 months later he can suddenly burst out some words?
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August 11, 2007 at 11:02 am
yung kapitnahay namin 2 years na ang anak niya di pa nagsasalita, pero few weeks ago nag-umpisa ng magsalita at ang tatas, mukhang bibo pa yung bata.. late bloomer lang siya siguro.
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August 11, 2007 at 1:58 pm
@ BLESS:
Madz, mao jud na ang i-ingon sa akong mga amiga pero unsaon ta man nga di man malikayan gud nga mag worry ta sa atong anak.
Basin lagi naka cookie akong blog sa imong laptop madz maong di ka kasulod usahay.
@ LADY CESS:
Thank you Cess! I’ll be waiting on that but I will pass it to hubby pag di ko masagot mga tanong nya, ha-ha.
@ MIMI:
I am not teaching her Filipino words this time para dili sya mag confuse kay mao pay pagsugod nyag estorya. Pero usahay ga estroyahon (not teaching) nako syag binisaya like, lingkod, tindog, hawa ug uban pa…makasabot man pod. Nah, makalingaw jud kaayo sila ba, usahay mag serko balintong ang dila kay gusto jud mo estorya.
@ JO:
Thank you Jo. Di lang talaga natin maiwasan na di mag-alala especially being a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom).
@ IMOET:
Good luck Imoet. So your child is almost the same age as mine? Reading all of these comments makes me feel better though. Yup, every child is different.
@ ISKOO:
Nakakatuwa talaga sila pakinggan pag nagsasalita na, nanibago cguro. Thank you for dropping by Iskoo.
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August 11, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Hi Thanks for the visit…Great blog…has a welcomey feel….love the song too…
Peace
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August 11, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Hei Raquel!
She has all the time in the world to develop. Heheh… nagmamadali si mommy.
Kids develop differently. Don’t rush it
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August 12, 2007 at 1:50 pm
lain2x jud ug development ang bata. we the parents anxious about it. mao ra ba na sila Raq when they start talking everyday naa sila new words. hehehe…mamoot ko oi makahinumdum ni julie.
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August 13, 2007 at 5:41 am
dont worry, dont expect n dont compare. ur child sounds beautiful… im glad she isnt old enough to understand ur anxiety abt her nt being able to talk as yet. take care sweetie
cheers
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August 13, 2007 at 8:06 am
Josh started to talk at the age of 4, worried na rin ako nun. Sabi naman ng doctor everything is normal to him and nothing to worry. Ngayon grabe pinipigilan mo na kwneto pa rin nang kwneto.
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August 13, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I think every child has their own pace, when they decide to talk then they’ll talk :p.. Same thing with walking, running, etc..
That must be a nice surprise from her to you when she suddenly talks.. and by what you’ve written, those are quiet a long list considering she’s just started a month a go!
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August 13, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Hey Raquel hope you had a good weekend Oger got your link up ;D
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August 13, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Hi ms. raq.. my matthew is 1year 5 months, di pa rin sya nagsasalita.. hope sa 2years mag salita na rin sya tulad ng baby mo..
meron na pala sya isa.. jollibee nya is ‘jaja’.. (not jabi).. hehehe
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August 13, 2007 at 4:46 pm
thanks for dropping by my spot. u have a cool site here.
i was worried earlier with my niece’s dev’t but she was able to speak up afterwards with all the “alien” words she could have created. heheheh
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August 14, 2007 at 5:16 pm
@ ODAT:
You’re welcome Odat and thank you for paying me back a visit.
@ AL:
He-he..di makaintay si mommy eh.
@ CARLOTA:
Sabaan na kaayo si Maria lagi, makalingaw na jud.
@ CELESTINE:
Thank you Celestine.
@ ANN:
Iba-iba talaga mga bata.
@ INTAN:
Good thing is she can repeat words after me. I’ve been teaching her a lot of words now Intan. I will blog about it later.
@ OGER:
Thank you and I already link you up too.
@ ELIZAR:
He-he, very funny. Malapit na rin magsasalita si Matthew.
Oi Eli, marami na akong utang sau, promise babawi ako.
@ INTSIK:
Welcome in my blog intsik. I appreciate your visit.
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August 14, 2007 at 10:37 pm
My son Sébastien is a late speaker too ! My daughter speaks faster co’z my son shows an example ! That’s just normal Raquel, don’t worry I assure you co’z I have experienced the same thing, now they’re enjoying their time together ! All the best !
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August 21, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Hi Haze, yeah, I think so it’s normal for the first baby, wala kase silang maka usap parati. Salamat sa dalaw ha. Mas nagiging busy na ako ngayon dahil lumalaki na si Maria.
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