Bas update, ish

[bananapancakes]

That's a great update! So glad he is enjoying day care now and 150 words is amazing! Hopefully he's just a shy kid but even if he is on the spectrum, that certainly doesn't change who he is. Hopefully you'll get good news and helpful suggestions on that front soon. He's such a sweet kid!

[aspentosh]

That's an awesome update. I remember DD really loving parallel play at his age. She was also very shy and was 100% content doing her own thing. Now she loves being around kids. So he may, too

[rbp]

Glad to hear about all his growth! Social anxiety is ok. He can make friends on the Internet!

[Willis Jackson]

That's great about the speech!

I wish we lived closer b/c I know an older kid who would looooove to boss hm around.

[fortnightlily]

Good update. Go Bas!

[ssmjlm]

What a great update!

[timorousbeastie]

Great update! Given that DD doesn't have many words now at 20 months, I'm always very happy to see an older kid having a word explosion - it gives me hope that eventually DD will get there, too!

[Pilsy]

Yeah, Bas!

I can't help but think he may enjoy socializing more now that he has so many more words. Just a thought.

Nice update!

[dcn]

Awesome! Ds had his big language explosion shortly after he turned two as well.

[cincodemayo]

That's an amazing word explosion! Great update!

[rugbywife]

I am so happy he has had the explosion!!!

[greycat]

Great update!!

[Deleted]

Great update!

J has always been shy. Even now he is playing with the other kids at preschool but still isn't talking all that much there yet. It takes him a while to warm up, especially in a big group. For example, we do music together 1x a week. It took from Last October until probably February or March before J started regularly talking in class. He gets it from my husband who is also a shy introvert.

[hermione]

Yay, Bas!

[kdubs923]

Yay, word explosion!!

And he could just be shy. And, ahem, I don't think that's terrible. From experience

[chickens987]

Sept 30, 2015 18:47:45 GMT -5 Willis Jackson said:

That's great about the speech!

I wish we lived closer b/c I know an older kid who would looooove to boss hm around.

Ditto!

[minzy]

I'm so glad to hear about the word explosion!  It's happening now too with DD2, and it's one of my favorite parts of parenting.  

[Deleted]

I'm so happy he's loving daycare and talking so much more. Good luck with getting some help on the anxiety/shyness.

[spankswife]

That's great news!!! My DD likes to play alone, some kids/people just do.

[leonard131]

Great update. We found when M had his speech explosion he liked day care much better and was interacting with other kids. I think once they can communicate it is just easier all ariound.

[rex]

great update!

L is shy too. she will interact one-on-one with kids but in any group settings she is very quiet and it takes her awhile to get comfortable. she is SO chatty at home though.

[Deleted]

Yay! I feel like E and Bas were basically on the same track of a later and then seemingly overnight language explosion. But when it took, woah. I've lost count of all the words he knows. I hope that this experience makes it easier as a STM if our next kids are also later talkers. Maybe my minus 25 can be an even minus 10?

[Deleted]

Great update!

[heygrey]

So happy to hear this!

I've been thinking of you and Bas because R is really struggling with daycare and he has basically zero words at 19 months. we have a speech eval next week because I figure it won't hurt and it might help. I just hate to see him struggle. I have always been shy and a bit socially awkward so I get him. I just wish he didn't have to experience that.

[sh10]

I'm glad he's talking more! Hopefully the social issues will follow now that the words are there.

[water*drop]

That's awesome!

Fwiw, when DD was a little shy of 2.5, we had a lot of concerns about shyness/anxiety. Daycare was concerned, and we were discussing evaluations for selective mutism with the pediatrician. Something clicked one day around 2.75-3, though, and she suddenly became...not a social butterfly, for sure, but there was a very noticeable difference almost overnight. She's still very shy and pretty anxious at times, but it's not at super concerning levels anymore. Hopefully Bas does the same, but just starting to have the conversations with the experts is such a valuable experience because there's so much they can do to help if it's needed. Good luck!

[heygrey]

Oct 1, 2015 5:36:57 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Oct 1, 2015 0:48:07 GMT -5 heygrey said:

So happy to hear this!

I've been thinking of you and Bas because R is really struggling with daycare and he has basically zero words at 19 months. we have a speech eval next week because I figure it won't hurt and it might help. I just hate to see him struggle. I have always been shy and a bit socially awkward so I get him. I just wish he didn't have to experience that.

Good luck with the eval. Let me know how it goes, OK? We have done a few unofficial evaluations and kept getting the run around because B was sort of low normal and he's a boy. But we did get a few good strategies for helping him (and tips for what not to do like pressuring him).

I have a hunch we'll land in the low-normal too. I have no concerns about his hearing or comprehension, it's just the expressive language. I'll let you know what we find out!

[carolinagirl831]

That's great news