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Points: 4773 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote freckle Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 April 2009 at 2:57pm
Yep agreed usually parents do sort of suspect something is amiss, know their kids best and have their best interests at heart - but I have also worked with MANY kiddies whose parents were in complete denial about/aware of the significant difficulties their children were having. Just to make it clear I am not referring to Ty at all... I am talking in general in response to lilypad's post
It kinda reminds me of those healthline ads where they ask if ya can tell the difference between the two people - sometimes kids can have some delays and be fine, sometimes there is an underlying cause which needs to be identified... If problems are identified early treatment is MUCH more effective, I guess if plunket did suspect delays I would think for peace of mind it would be best to have it investigated as they are basing their suggestions on typical development.

I guess it's also a matter of doing ya own research and being informed about what ya kiddies should be doing - that's why sites like this a great eh! and it seems that the mothers on here are doing that... but there are lots of mothers out there that don't for one reason or another have the information they need to make these judgements so it wouldn't be in the best interests for these parents to trust their own intuition IYGWIM...

That is awful what they said to you about the formula!!! they would be wild with me for giving my 15 month old a bottle then

man what a novel
mum to 3 lovely girls :D
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I agree with what your saying and i guess you can't really give general advice on a situation which is so individual in each scenario.

What upsets me though is that ty sounds like every 22 month i've ever know and there is a problem in the system when children like him get referred to specialists. It probably caused tys mum undue stress, she had to take time out of her day to visit the doctor not to mention all the tax dollars that go into checking out perfectly bright young children.

One of the problems here is that it is the 21-24 moth check. Alot of children wouldn't be speaking in sentences by 21 months but would be by 24 months.

The next check is the three year check and by then it might be a bit late if they can't put a few words together by then.

maybe a follow up appointment in a few months would be better rather than straight to see a specialist which can set alarm bells ringing in any mother.
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Points: 3507 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BuzzyBee Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 April 2009 at 10:43pm
I have to jump onboard and say I totally agree with Freckle and Lilypad and can definitely relate to what you are saying, my boy was only saying a couple words at 21 months ...come 23 months his vocab had gone from 15 or so words to hundreds but he wasn't stringing them together so much, maybe the odd 2 word sentence.

Now at 24 months we're up to 4 word sentences and what some others might not understand, I can understand everything my boy says.

They really do blossom and change overnight, he's totally blown me away with how fast he's picked this up! I was starting to get so worried but certainly not the case now.

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