I was a caregiver for a 2.5 year old who wasn't talking much. I suggested to his parents that we remove his dummy during the day (sleep only) and I made a plan of ways to encourage him to talk and expose him to language - asking questions, giving him time to communicate to "answer", listening to kids music and the radio, singing, reading books. etc I'm a natural talker anyway so I narrated things all the time. Within a few months he went from not saying much to always talking and parroting everything! He'd talk my ear off all day long
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Perhaps Wilby does have some developmental delays, but also with time and energy put in, it can make a difference! Take away the ipad (biggest pet peeve personally, kids zone out on them so much, how can he pay attention?), focus solely on him, give him opportunities to "answer" his own way, stop constantly saying "do you love it, do you love it" because that is so fucking irritating I'm surprised he doesn't smack you Rach
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and actually MAKE A PLAN for your child! I can't comprehend how she's had 3 children yet seems to have no fucking clue how to actually parent??