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I have a questions how many for your kids can follow simple instructions like wave bye or show bird in the sky etc. when i ask my son he does not understand what i say like i tell him wave bye bye he just ignores and does other things. but he waves bye randomly during the day.... i am worried. please let me know if your child does these things. my cousin son is 2 months younger and he follows some simple instructions.
Worried
Priya archie replied. Priya,
Kind of surprised to note your worry on this milestone. YOu know it very well that almost all milestones are mentioned for most but not for all babies. Each baby is different just like each pregnancy and such milestones totally depends on environment where baby is brought up. If you have baby sitter let her/him teach Dylan these and many more commands. Like Anitha said one needs to teach them and repeat until they get it right.
Besides two word commands isn't milestone to be achieved around 12 months age, it's between 12-15 months, like Hi Mom, Bye Mom and many like this. as long as dylan is growing while achieving other developmental skills you should not be worried. Also remember kids can sometime be reluctant in learning while you insist him/her to.

Advait was tought at times but know what he grabbed many things in time course. In fact Advait started to speak meaningful terms only at 18 months age and thereonwards he is big chat in house. He follows commands most of the time but still sometim it's difficult to train him because at time he has something of his own on the mind and won't learn even if we try hard.

In fact what I started to do was to read him books with colorful pictures and he could grasp them easily. Mirror does help like Anitha said. This helps to teach hi, bye, smile, cry and many more commands.

Kisses for Dylan.
Archie Anitha replied. Laya can do a whole lot of things.. It all lies in you n ur kid how u teach her n how they pick it up.
for laya I taught her saying hi ,bye-bye in fornt of a mirror..every day in morning when we go to brush there it starts \";say hi to laya\";...n once over \";say bye bye\";..n now she does it to anyone n every one..yday when my husband had taken her to TARGET he told me that she waved hi to every one. the people in billing counter, the ones pushing carts, people in car..she can also give flying kiss..say namasthe..do up down with her hands..

and u hve to play the game of \"; WHat is this\"; and you need to name the object. for eg if you are in the kitchen you need to ask her \"; what is this laya?\"; and then she will look at the object n say ..its a spoon..and repeat the word spoon 2-3 times until she gets it.. u hve to practise like that and it isnt jus a days work u need to do this exercise daily with all the objects at home.. and once she knows the object. u need to start \"; where is the spoon?\"; and she has to point it ..like this laya knows many objects..
She can also do action for rhymes..she plays ring around the rosie with me n when it comes to all fall down she pulls me also down n says down in her baby language. she knows the action for twinkle twinkle. n can do upto a level for where is thumbkin? and also for johnny johnny when it comes to open ur mouth she says\"; HA HA HA\";.

she can also say animal sounds\"; qhat cow sheep, duck tiger says, and also can point out apple ,bird in books..
other day she was holding a pear in her hand and was saying it appple, apple.
and if she is concentrated on someother work she will not bother do any of these.. so when she is free n without any diversions then she will do this...and ill also be teaching her...

Anitha
Hetal replied. seema, in nirja case its the time she takes to get familiar with people. if the person stays more than couple hours at my place, or she sees us talking with them for say some 1 hour with lots of interactions/talks, laughs, she opens up very fast. like in your first visit, she was younger than 1 year, and didnt come to you guys until 1 whole day. during your visit at her bday, you guys came ahead one night, but this time her timings of geting to know person by face has reduced alot. she was playing and blabbering nicely with you guys just after couple hours.and with your mil it was shortest i observed.they like elderly faces alot. in temples too whenever i go, i found her goin at ease with all old aunts than mid age aunties,,you know..so it depends.but there are some people she doesnt want to go at all, inspite of their frequent visits to our place.
during her bday, her bday lasted for hours,so she was familiar to everyone by the time it was time to say bye.she doesnt understand skin colour or hair colour,for her anyone who is without black hair she is supposed to say jai jai to them !!
also, it dpends on how that person behaved with her, if that person was fast in trying to hold her or get familiar with ; she would step back and be afraid/get startled -- all part of stranger anxiety...and if that person will keep calling, or talking from far without trying to run after her or hold her, she herself goes to them and starts playing.
so it depends on kids alot,how much time it takes to get familiar to that person and how good that person sound convincing to them.

hope this explained...you seemd to be online,,hw abt a small chat.
take care,love.
Hetal seema replied. does anyone know why they do that.sometimes i feel very frustrating when nishu does not do it.

hetal when i visited you guys;i found nirja doing alot of many things like waving goodbye,saying jai jai to all people with white hair;i rem her saying jai jai to your collegue who was blonde-that was very funny, and then hugging kids of her age.but i have observed that she will not do to everyone.nishant is doing same thing.
nishant has started responding to all who visit us.he will smile at them, give them hi-fi. but its not same response to everyone who calls him. i feel sometimes as if we made fun of that person esp when he does not react.

we feel so proud that our kids have learned something but when it comes to doing proper things on proper timings-they dont want to do it.
Hetal replied. priya, it depends on all kids differently whether or not to follow intructions. they are pretty moody. for nirja, too sometimes she would follow all i would say, sometimes she will just keep staring at the person..and i feel stupid. but we have to keep trying, as they have to be social by this point of time.
sometimes they just want to look at the person than responding..amita is quite right, sometimes they just dont want to react..
you should get worried if he doesnt do all these things at 1 year 6months ! so still got time !
dont get worried, take care,
Hetal Amita replied. Priya,
As all kids are different with their own personalities, some take longer than other in reaching milestones. As long as your son responds by looking at you when you call his name, comes to you when you are sitting in the same room, does not play by himself all the time and makes eye contact when you hold him, you should not worry abt it. He should be somewhat social by this age.
As far as pointing to things and clapping, he might just not feel like responding at that moment. pri. replied. hi,priya..
aadi..waves Good byes when we ask him n sumtimes by himself also..n also when anyone claps in Tv or i'll ask clap urs hands he does ..when v go out he recognises trees n says tree pointing his finger towards it ..this all he does but lots of things he just ignores ..like i'm teaching him since long to say mama,n dadyy bu he don't still knows who's mama n papa..thats worries me ..when i'll go out foe walk will show birde n sky he just call it Tree..lol when i show him up...well thats all from me lets c what other kids r doing.
preeti. Sheetal replied. Hi Priya,

Anushka simply refuses to wave goodbye. We have been trying since like 3 months and she still doesn't get it. :) its silly.

Regards,
Sheetal