Hi
My daughter is very naughty and playfull. She keeps climbing anything she can hold on to. Soft/ chairs. We do not discourage her since she will feel bad or it can affect her mentally. but a lot of time she plays so fast that she falls down from the sofa or chair , sometimes she falls on her head hitting the floor, we have put carpets.

Does this action can affect her development.She is 17 months and still does not show any interest in speaking , though she can understand us well now. She speak maa mmaa maa when she wants to but not when we ask her to

please advise me.
venkii Ria replied. Hi venkii,
My daughter is also 17mo2wks old.She also does exactly the same as your daughter does and she also doesn' t show interest in speaking.She just only says two words Bye and Bua.But her pediatrician wants to speak her 20-30 word by the she completed 18months and she is nowhere close to it,so am just little worried.I also do live in US and many of kids i know around me spoke late,so it gives me some relief.In home we speak our motertounge but in TV they listen english so sometime i wonder that could be the reason of delay speech bcoz the might get confused.
Pls share how u r planning to encourage her for speaking?
Thanks. ramya replied. hi venkii,
As u tld thy dont take children b4 2.5yr till thn u get sum Alphbet books or picture books and teach ur baby.put sum charts of animals,birds,numbers in ur babys rum.and kp teaching her.get her a rhyme CD and make her hear it along with it u too repeat the rhyme.she will get engaged in this.try this out and get her CDS,and charts today itself u will b surprised.just try it venkii_s replied. thanks a lot.. i am my wife are planning to put her in play school. we are in usa here people will not take in preschool before the kid is 2.5 yrs old. we are just waiting

thanks again
venkii vidya replied. there are many educational dvd' s available in the market.... you could see those along with your daughter and try to repeat those words...
you could try the baby einstein series to begin with... they have good visuals and will keep your little one occupied for a while... ramya replied. hi there.i have a daughter who is now 21 months old.she was the same as ur daughter used to climb all sofas chair.and she used to fall down and hit her head several times.she used to hardly talk sum words but used to understand all.so whn she was 18months i put her to play school where she learnt rhymes,ABC,numbers....now she talks but not clearly but kps singing rhymes...there is nothg to worry for u baby.u try putting her to sum play school.she will get mingled with children and try to communicate with where she will learn to talk.take care