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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD turned 3 recently, and we’ve noticed that she often just does not respond to us when we ask her a question. It seems pretty clear that she hears us and is just choosing not to respond. How do I know? I’ll ask her a basic question multiple times (ex: do you want water or milk to drink) and receive no response. Then I’ll supply a “silly” answer to my own question (ex: ok, I’ll give you coffee!), and she’ll immediately respond by laughing and saying “no, Mommy!” Then she’ll finally answer the original question. This occurs multiple times throughout the day and gets exhausting.

I have two questions: (1) Have others dealt with this/how unusual is this? (She is our oldest so we don’t have a lot of experience with this age.) (2) What is the best way of helping DD understand that she needs to answer when we ask her a question?[/quote]

If you ask "do you want milk" and don't get an answer don't ask again. Put nothing on the table and if she asks just say "I didn't know you wanted milk".[/quote]

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