Is that child advanced or is my child slow?

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Anonymous wrote:You cannot compare girls to boys at this age. The girls will look like geniuses and the boys will look like cavemen. Girls develop verbal and fine motor skills far ahead of boys. Boys tend to be ahead in gross motor skills. And, of course, all kids develop at different speeds regardless of gender. My boys probably didn't learn colors until they were two and a half when they were finally talking in phrases.

+100!

Is this really true? I always hear it, but both of my boys were highly verbal from a young age, and knew letters and colors well before 18 months. That is of course just an anecdote but it makes me wonder if it's a "you'll get sick if you go out in cold/damp weather" kind of old wives tale. (Now, we are having a hellacious time with potty training, so there is that.)

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Grow up, OP. Children learn different things at different ages.

Also - how would your son known colors if you didn't try to teach him? The nanny has probably taught the child colors.

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yr child seem slow.

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Anonymous wrote:yr child seem slow.

Your mother's child seems slow too.

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Team Africa. OP's kid seems slow. Sorry. not sorry.

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Where do you go for class? My toddler has sensory issues.

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Anonymous wrote:You cannot compare girls to boys at this age. The girls will look like geniuses and the boys will look like cavemen. Girls develop verbal and fine motor skills far ahead of boys. Boys tend to be ahead in gross motor skills. And, of course, all kids develop at different speeds regardless of gender. My boys probably didn't learn colors until they were two and a half when they were finally talking in phrases.

+100!

Is this really true? I always hear it, but both of my boys were highly verbal from a young age, and knew letters and colors well before 18 months. That is of course just an anecdote but it makes me wonder if it's a "you'll get sick if you go out in cold/damp weather" kind of old wives tale. (Now, we are having a hellacious time with potty training, so there is that.)

It is true as a massive generalization. more girls than boys are verbal early but there are also many boys who are verbal earlyy and girls who are verbal later.

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Anonymous wrote:You cannot compare girls to boys at this age. The girls will look like geniuses and the boys will look like cavemen. Girls develop verbal and fine motor skills far ahead of boys. Boys tend to be ahead in gross motor skills. And, of course, all kids develop at different speeds regardless of gender. My boys probably didn't learn colors until they were two and a half when they were finally talking in phrases.

+100!

Is this really true? I always hear it, but both of my boys were highly verbal from a young age, and knew letters and colors well before 18 months. That is of course just an anecdote but it makes me wonder if it's a "you'll get sick if you go out in cold/damp weather" kind of old wives tale. (Now, we are having a hellacious time with potty training, so there is that.)

It is true as a massive generalization. more girls than boys are verbal early but there are also many boys who are verbal earlyy and girls who are verbal later.

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Anonymous wrote:Comparison is the thief of joy

There is a wide range of normal for toddlers

Comparison is how we know if a child is on track or not. That is what percentiles mean and why we have time guidelines for milestones. Please stop the sanctimony - OP is just concerned if he son is developmentally behind.

I strongly disagree. Comparison is NOT how you know if a child is on track. Knowing the milestones and having conversations with your pediatrician is how you know if your child is on track.

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The little girl is advanced but it is nothing that your son can't learn, OP. Narrate colors to him, "What a beautiful red car! I love the color red!", etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you attending a sensory class? Does you kid have sensory issues? If not, it is like looking for something to be wrong at such a young age. Your child is fine, let your child run around and play, it will be more beneficial than sitting around and learning colors. We lived in Africa when my kids were young, DS was super active and I was super proud, he could out jump and outrun other kids. And he could catch a fly from behind with his forefinger and a thumb! No joke. Couldn't read until, ehh. who cares, he can read now. Think how lucky your DS is that his mom is with him and not his nanny.

OP here. No, DS doesn't have any sensory issues. It is a great and very fun class. And this nanny was better and more devoted to the child than half of the mothers in the class.

So sorry to hear that your son was slow. That must have been hard for him.

That came out of left field. The PP wasn't being mean, OP, there's no need to be mean yourself.

Oh c'mon. The PP was being insufferably sanctimonious. We lived in Africa! My DS was super active and I was super proud! Thank god my kid never had to meet a nanny! Ugh.

I didn't read it that way. I think you are a little overly sensitive.

I think it would be hard to read the bit about the nanny any other way...

I agree. The OP who lived in Africa is nuts. Not the rest of us.

I disagree, but then I often notice people on DCUM are happy to fly into rages for nothing. Read at face value and you'll save your arteries.