Comments on: Language milestones

By: alexanderg

alexanderg — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:27:20 +0000

Our daughter Song came to the US at the age of 22 months. One of the interesting consequences of this has been her tendency to watch body language quite closely in order to interpret others (She is now 5-1/2). For example, she has been taking dance and gymnastics lessons for about 2-1/2 years, and I notice that she watches the instructor intently rather than listening to verbal instruction. It’s clear to me that this arises from her early inability to understand English and her need to find other ways to understand. Her English is quite good now and improving fast, but we’ve held her out of Kindergarten for a year in the hope that this would compensate for somewhat lagging language skills.

By: starlight

starlight — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:34:50 +0000

Hi, I read your blog and I can’t wait to adopt my own Chinese baby girl. I will have to find a domestic adoption program here as China’s regulations are to high. Enjoy your little one!!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:04:04 +0000

As an adoptive Mommie who thought she had fretting down to an art, I must comment on the “talking thing.” Our little Ella only had a few spoken words until she was 23 months; she LOVED sign language and used well over 100 signs. She was far more advanced than me since she paid attention to the sign videos!
Every spoken word that comes out of her mouth almost makes me cry (a little emotional do ya think??); and like you I will soon be fretting about something else.
I’m very happy that your little guy is chatting.
Lisa (Guatemala blogger)