Delayed Speaking in 3 year old / Selective talking
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NYC with a 3 year old
Comments (20)Hi, just wanted to offer some suggestions of places and things my kids liked when they were little. Also a great resource is New York magazine (nymag.com); check out the vistors� guide section for kids. Museum of Natural History - of course, the dinosaurs but there�s also the blue whale room and, for some strange reason, both my kids loved the gem room. Metropolitan Museum of Art - some very cool Egyptian stuff that a 3-year old might be interested in and also the Temple of Dendur. Check out their website: metmuseum.org. They also have some itineraries geared toward younger kids under planning your visit. (The entrance fee is just the recommended amount, you can pay less.) Great playground just north of the museum; it�ll play into your visit to the Met. Broadway plays - my one son saw The Lion King when he was three and really doesn�t remember anything. You could check out The New Victory Theater on 42nd street - newvictory.org - to see if they have something appropriate for when you�re visiting. The costs are usually reasonable especially compared to a Broadway show. Central Park http://www.centralparknyc.org/ Central Park Zoo - it�s a really good size for a 3-year old. Check out when the feeding times are for, I think, the penguins and sea lions. Also check out the Delacorte clock near the entrance. Carousel - always fun Model Boat Pond - you can rent a radio-controlled model boat (your husband might really like doing this with your daughter). If you�ve read Stuart Little or seen the movie, the scene where he�s on the boat takes place there. The formal name is the Conservatory Water. Alice in Wonderland statue - right next to the pond. Walking - the best way to see New York so I would highly recommend a stroller BUT don�t overload it. As much as you can walk forever in New York, you might need to take a cab or the subway depending upon where you�re going. So you�re going to need to fold it up and, if you have too much, this can make you a little frazzled trying to keep track of your daughter and all the other stuff. Great places to walk: Central Park The High-Line (thehighline.org) old elevated railroad line on the west side of Manhattan. They did a great job but you need to look at the website to understand it. You can stop at the Chelsea Market for lunch (great bread at Amy�s Bread). It�s my new favorite place. Battery Park - Lower Manhattan - (bpcparks.org) where you�d go to get the ferry to the Statue of Liberty. The whole Hudson riverfront all the way up to the George Washington Bridge is a park. The part that I liked the best is in lower Manhattan (Rockefeller Park); has a great playground and a fun sculpture garden with very playful statues by Tom Otterness. You could go there the day you�re going to the Statue of Liberty. And if you�re downtown, the 9/11 Memorial could be combined with Battery Park and the Statue of Liberty. You need to get tickets (they�re free - 911memorial.org). I was just there recently and the lines moved fast. I think you have to empty everything out of the stroller and put it in bins. Empire State Building - I love it at dusk when the lights are coming on but the lines can be really long. Even if you get tickets ahead of time, you still have to wait for the elevators. Coney Island - Unless you or your husband are hugh roller-coaster fans, I'd give it a miss. If you do want to go on the Cyclone, I think it's only open on the weekends in October. Enjoy your visit. Don�t wear good walking shoes, wear great ones!...See MoreDelayed Speaking in Children
Comments (21)I have a degree in Speech Therapy. I would not worry about a 2 year old that is babbling, but not saying words. What I would do is make sure he is around other children, that he is read to, and mom or dad name simple objects for him and repeat it often. Other than checking his hearing, these are the things I would recommend if he were my grandson. Did he walk at an appropriate age? Can you ask him simple questions--like "show me the whatever" and have him respond correctly? Can he follow simple instructions? One, then 2--i.e. put the book on the chair, etc.? I think maybe docs might recommend intervention b/c it takes the problem out of their hands. I would give it at least 3 months and if there's been no change, I might reconsider, but I'd make sure he has other children around and that he's read to. I just wouldn't worry about 2 years old if all the other developmental stages have been met....See Moredesperate mother of 3 year old/ bad behavior
Comments (4)Take a deep breath. This might be easier for us to read. I am a desperate mother of a 3 year old and everything I do doesnÂt work. He refuses to talk when IÂm around but if IÂm not there heÂs talking with no problem. HeÂs a good boy for everyone else. He can be at grandmas, his uncleÂs, or his godparents, even my fiancéÂs motherÂs house and he talks and he listens, very rarely pitches fits (which is all the time when IÂm around). As soon as I walk in he starts acting up, not listening, getting into things that he knows heÂs not supposed to get into. He wonÂt ask for anything, he whines all the time no matter how much attention I give him. It seems like its never enough. I work with him on his word books, he still acts like he canÂt talk and I know he can, its so aggravating. We have tried everything we can think of. He has a naughty chair when he is bad; he has to sit in it. That doesnÂt work, he keeps getting up or screaming, and we have a "neighbor" that lives upstairs from us and has called CPS on us because of his fits and his screaming fits. we cannot move at this moment because of how bad the economy is. But now because of CPS and their threats we are afraid to punish him and I know he knows that. These people came in my house and told me in no uncertain terms that I could not punish him in any way. The only thing I can do is give him a timeout, and IÂm sorry but in my opinion TIMEOUTS only work on a small fraction of children. My fiancé spends as much time with my son as he can because his biological father isnÂt there for him, (he knows my fiancé as daddy heÂs been the only daddy heÂs known for way over a year and a half). His behavior is out of control and its me and I donÂt know what to do anymore. I just want him to listen and talk. I feel its my fault cause after his "father" walked out on him I think I overcompensated. I would watch my son stand in front of my living room window looking and waiting for that ***hole to show up to come get him (sometimes up to 3 hours). He would just blow my son off and not come, no phone call, no nothing. Because I felt so bad for my son I lacked on the "rules" and now its come back to bite me and I donÂt know how to correct it. I NEED HELP!...See MoreHelp with 3 year old boy room - black paint!!?
Comments (64)Oh for goodness' sake. It's a can of paint, I'm not letting him run in the street, eat cupcakes for dinner, stay up all night long, get tattoos, or ride his bike without a helmet! I posted because I was unsure how to make it work, and you all helped me to see that maybe it could, especially if I just do one wall in Downpipe. If his choice was completely untenable, I'd tell him no. But if there is a way to accommodate him, even if it isn't my first choice, why not? It's a can of paint. Besides, it's so fun watching his big brown eyes open so wide with delight when you tell him something he's happy about. He keeps asking to see pictures of the "Avengers' bed" daily. He is so psyched. Yes, he's a lucky boy to have a say in his room. There will be times in his life when he can't paint the wall the color he likes best, and much much worse. But I refuse to prepare him for that famine by starving him now. This kid wakes up every morning, often before 5:30 (!), so excited to start his life that day that he can't fall back asleep. I can only wish that feeling lasts as long as it can....See Moresweeby
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