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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My ds is also 16 months old, but he does not really say any one single word. He used to say baba months ago, but not anymore. Whenever he wants something or want attention, he just says "arh". For example, he wants me to open the snack box for him, and then he will grab my hand, and put the snack box in my hand, and say "arh". Even though I ask do you mean you want mama to open it, and I repeat "open" three times, and he just look at the snack box, and me, then smile, and say "arh" "arh". If I decide to ignore him by not understanding, and he will get mad, and put the box back to my hand again, and raise up his sound "arh" "arh". He understands what "open" means, but he just does not want to repeat after me. I have been teaching him "up" when we go upstairs, "down" when we go downstairs, and point at myself "mama", point at bottle for "milk" etc, point at dog says "dog" or "bark" etc, does not work at all.

I think the problem is my ds does not even attempt to imitate sounds at all. He loves to imitate people's actions, but not any words or sounds.

He waves hi & bye bye to people, loves to run/walk/climb, understands what "no" means, and responds to his names. He used to babble sounds a bit more often, but now he sometimes loves to play by himself (turn book pages/play with putting stuffs in & out of containers/push shopping cart toys/scribble with crayons/smile at himself at the mirror etc), and loves to play with & copy me (play peek a boo/balls/brush teeth/eating with spoon/hug etc).

Is there anyway I can make him to attempt to imitate sounds at all? [b]I am really worried[/b].[/quote]

He's NOT behind in any way.  WTF is wrong with you parents?  There are basic, easy to read milestone charts from the CDC.[/quote]

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