Toddlers are Quackers

[BullChick]

She's learning how to use silverware....................... LOL Thought you'd get a kick out of this picture @MotorcycleChick

Very cute. I started Duckling on omelettes. I brought toddler forks and spoons to restaurants. Her parents still flipped out when they saw she had silverware. Then, many months later, they sat in shock that she was eating her lunch with a fork. Sadly, I think it's been since she turned two.

 

[kajira]

LOL, what is she attempting to eat?

Sour cream. LOL

 

[kajira]

Very cute. I started Duckling on omelettes.

I brought toddler forks and spoons to restaurants. Her parents still flipped out when they saw she had silverware. Then, many months later, they sat in shock that she was eating her lunch with a fork.

Sadly, I think it's been since she turned two.

She just turned 1 this month, I give my kids silverware early. Wyatt still struggles with adult-sized silverware at newly turned 3, but he's too good for "baby ware"

 

[BullChick]

One isn't early. Duckling's bio parents are slow. They didn't even know she could sit unassisted before twelve-months.

 

[Bantambird]

Princess is pretty adept with her silverware. She's doing well! Her biggest problem I've noticed lately is she won't pronounce any hard consonants. No T, S, K, Z, only soft consonants. Vowel sounds are fine though. DH refuses to allow speech therapy.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Princess is pretty adept with her silverware. She's doing well! Her biggest problem I've noticed lately is she won't pronounce any hard consonants. No T, S, K, Z, only soft consonants. Vowel sounds are fine though. DH refuses to allow speech therapy.

you could try to do it yourself, i am sure there are examples of how on youtube
or if you cant find anything one of the girls i work with, her mom is a speech therapist i could ask her where to start

 

[Bantambird]

I've been encouraging her and making exaggerated motions with my own speaking to get her to place her tounge to where it should be for those sounds. I'll try using a mirror next so she can see herself.

 

[BullChick]

Princess is pretty adept with her silverware. She's doing well! Her biggest problem I've noticed lately is she won't pronounce any hard consonants. No T, S, K, Z, only soft consonants. Vowel sounds are fine though. DH refuses to allow speech therapy.

First (I don't know how it gets missed, but sometimes it does) is she tongue tied?
Second, I had trouble with p's and t's. My mother made me watch her tongue. I learned quickly so I didn't have to see her tongue anymore.
I did have speech classes. But so did my siblings. We had Boston accents, and had moved to New Jersey. My one sister and I were born in MA, so had to take more classes.

 

[room onthebroom]

Princess is pretty adept with her silverware. She's doing well! Her biggest problem I've noticed lately is she won't pronounce any hard consonants. No T, S, K, Z, only soft consonants. Vowel sounds are fine though. DH refuses to allow speech therapy.

you could try to do it yourself, i am sure there are examples of how on youtube
or if you cant find anything one of the girls i work with, her mom is a speech therapist i could ask her where to start

I've been encouraging her and making exaggerated motions with my own speaking to get her to place her tounge to where it should be for those sounds. I'll try using a mirror next so she can see herself.

DD1 had speech issues when she was little. We thought it was kinda cute, but the pediatrician insisted she go to speech therapy. When we called the therapist we got her voicemail. Ironically, her Latino accent was SO strong we were just smacking our heads. We ended up doing what Bantam is talking about, exaggerating sounds & exaggerating tongue movements & she got over it eventually.

 

[Spookwriter]

This looks like a great place to ask a baby question.

How old are them little fellers when they start talking?

They ought to come out talking. Make them so much
easier for me to take care of.


Spook....