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[quote=Anonymous]I was thinking "sounds within the range of normal for a bilingual kid" until you got to the part of him ignoring you. Do you get the sense that he is ignoring you out of defiance and/or distraction? That's still likely normal for age two, but if you think he's ignoring you because he is not processing the words that you're saying to him, as in - it seems like what you say completely doesn't register with him at all, then I'd at least talk to the pediatrician about that.

My friend's kid, who I watched all the time because he was super close with mine, seemed a lot like what you describe before he was diagnosed. I really couldn't tell whether his behavioral issues were intentional defiance or simply the inability to register what we were saying, which I thought - okay, maybe he's just an active kid, and it's not like I'm family, so if he ignores me, what's it to him? But even his mom was saying she wasn't sure how much of his behavior was defiance versus inability to understand. I think if the parents feel that way, and you see him significantly less skilled in verbal comprehension than his other bilingual peers, then I think it's worth a conversation at the very least. [/quote]

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