17 month old development.

I think you're just a couple of months advanced, don't panic yet! Both my girls mastered shape sorting at about 20 months and Briona is just learning her colours now. Or at least, she knows yellow and yellow and yellow... She can match puzzle pieces if they are singular pieces and mostly only if the puzzle board has a copy of the same picture (to match).

Hannah (3 1/2) has most of her pronounciation sorted. Briona is really only understandable by immediate family. Bria can follow two commands, I can't remember since when but I think recent. Most of the words Bria says are names: 'anna, 'ana, mummy, daddy, cat, book, shop, rorot (yoghurt). If you say one she will say two but it's only a rhyme to her.

The Plunket books want to know if your 3yo can count to 3.


It will come!

Okay on the SA site these kids are counting up and until 5 at 17 months. they can build puzzles of 4 pieces or more. Speak like freaking 30 words and strangers can understand them. Just freaks me out. Like seriously freaked me out. This one can sort of sort out shapes but it never occcur to me to teach counting yet. Thought I was a horrible mommy.

hunny you arnet a horrable mummy james is 23 and 1week old he donst talk much atall likes to throw puzzles around the room cant count but he will get it in time are sure these outhers mothers arnt telling fibs so they look like great mums they are still babys and have plenty of time to lrean

busymum wrote: I wonder if the SA kids are reciting numbers 1, 2, 3... but not actually counting items, which is another thing altogether.

Yeah, kids of that age could definately not count stuff, though could easily recite if they have the language skills and have heard it enough! It's just like a rhyme for them though, and they can't actually understand the concept of counting things until they're older.

I guess the question is, do they have better quality of life because of it? Or are their parents so stressed about early education that there is no time for fun and fun in learning?

Everyone is right all kids learning things at different times.
Dont worrie you little one will pick things up when the time is right.
The best type of learning is fun.
Thats what I've found anyways.

Ella has been able to talk since 10 months.. could say a few words then.
But this kid is an exception I think Most other kids her age can't say as much as her.. but the important thing to remember is that they don't learn the same things at the same time. So while Ella can talk really well, she doesn't do as well at puzzles and things.

I personally think that there is too much focus on education in early childhood. I don't intentionally "teach" Ella but she learns from all the things around us. I always talk to her about different places we go to, and things like counting just come in naturally to our conversations.

Often young babies copy the sounds we make, ie mamma etc, but don't attribute it to a person... do you think this was the case for McKayla at 4mos?

If you are concerned about her development, why don't you pay a visit to Plunket or the doctor? (It's more a Plunket thing but I'm not sure if you are with Plunket.)

No trust me, I thought it was just noise. But I had to have an emergency op and she would scream nanna at her dad and granny until she was with me. When she sees me she said nanna ect. She didnt say it to anyone else or for anything else. If they show her a photo of me she would point to it and say nanna. Pediatrician said he saw cases of it but only a few.

Talked to the dr about it and he said it might be due to the earinfection she had and if it isnt getting better in a month he will sent her for a hearing test.

Other words she used at 6 months onwards was for the right objects ect. You could literallly show her a pic of the different things like of our dog Taz and she will point to it and say Taz.

At 6 weeks the pedi also said he never saw a child as strong as her at that age (she was only 4 weeks old at her 6 week check up) So she was more well advanced in the beginning.

Maybe I should just chill. She seems to just chill for a bit I guess.

Well Zaara can say the following very ckearly: mama, papa, nana, nani, aaji, kaka, ball, bag, no, up, sit, mickey, cat, book, ta, baby, hello, bye bye, mine,yucky, shoes, hat, etc

the things that she can say but not 100% clear yet are: out side, dont touch, bucket etc

she can put some words together like papa outside.

she is also says gulp gulp (for when she wants a drink) from the wiggles song gulp gulp drink some water.
she say nai nai for bath time (hindi word) she says please when you say please. she can say names like atish (her dads name), zoe, jack and her own name Zaara.

she understand most things like where is papa, she goes and looks for him...and when she finds him she laughs. she helps me put the wash cloth in the tub when I say bath time, she tells us that she wants to watch wiggles when she brings us the dvd...we tell her to and sit in her chair and she goes and does that. she calls me by waving her hand and mumma come.

she sings eia eia o when we sing old mcdonald and does all the animal sounds. she starts saying row row when she wants us to sing that song. she also does all the moves to paki paki tamariki ma etc. she knows what sounds dog, cat, cow, pig, lion make. she knows and can point to the colour yellow and most times green, blue and red.
she loves books...her day care call her the little librarian....but she does not count on her own yet...she copies me when I do. We dont have puzzles at home but she tries to put those foam puzzle thingies together.

but like others have said every child is different...and I am sure that other 18-19 months old children are doing much more that zaara.

I am still very proud of her.