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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.

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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.

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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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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.)

Anonymous wrote:yr child seem 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!