16 MONTH OLD DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES | Research-Based Milestones for Your Baby 

I'm so happy you found it helpful! Thank you!

I felt the same way about the Ages and Stages! I like seeing what areas I can work on with my little lady!

Those other scores are AMAZING! Sounds like she is quite the little mover and problem solver! Definitely talk to your pediatrician about a speech consultation if you are worried. Speech language pathologists are AMAZING and make such a huge difference! (I love the one I work with at my elementary school!)

I know many kids who started speaking after 4-5 yo (my sisters, or their classmates) many are top students (but their parents did a lot immediately after they started speaking, like reading, and appropriate games (just don’t give them RU-vid or TikTok for 10 h/ day) Every child is different )

Hii Anne...I want to ask you that does your baby speak now and when did he start talking...can you please reply.... currently I am also tensed about my son as he is 16 months old now and same condition as yours.

@@salimsk137 Hi! Yes, she started speaking at 19 months. 3 months after I posted the comment. She's 28 months now and can even make 3-6 word sentences and doesn't stop talking 😅😆

@@anntbsl oh my god, this gave me so much relief. I hope my child also achieve his milestone on time. Thank you so much ❤️

I’m so glad!

I’m so glad it was helpful for you! I use the list every month with my girls, too, and it really helps me know what actually is “appropriate”! Make sure with your preemie you are scoring by adjusted age, not actual!

@@GinnyBeeEdD absolutely, she's 18 mths actual but 16 mths adjusted. Thank you again your video has been a great help! ❤️

Thank you!! 👏🏻🎉

It can be so scary, but it sounds like you are an amazingly proactive parent and doing all of the right things. Your son is so lucky to have such a caring parent.

My son is also 16 months and the same way with walking. He can stand up and walk a bit but he’s much more comfortable with crawling and cruising. And I agree some stuff I just haven’t done with him like drawing/using crayons we haven’t done so I don’t even know if he can do it. This stuff is so hard.

@@JonasBrosGirl my daughter is the same way, and we haven't done all these things yet. Sometimes i think oh you're just a little baby still you don't have to do anything yet. But I took her to doctors to see if she was suffering any illness and they said no. The state learning center come to my house to evaluate her and then said she thinks she's fine. It's so easy to overreact. When I heard the state was coming to my house I went home and I made her walk that day being very pushy with her. I shouldn't have.

Absolutely, the pandemic definitely makes things skewed. I have two Covid babies myself and a little delay was quickly caught up with both girls!

Hello, how is your daughter now, did she start talking???

15 month btw turnin 16 months in 2 weeks

We did too through the program here in Georgia! Our first was a NICU grad and I felt that the program and the milestones were probably helpful to ALL parents. I hope Headstart for your little lady was as great as the Georgia program was for my daughter!

As long as you meet the cutoff score, that’s completely fine! There were definitely a few that Alice wasn’t quite proficient with yet, too! If you are at all concerned, however, it’s never a bad idea to talk to your pediatrician!

Thank you for the feedback! I have been working on integrating music in my newer videos. This is definitely something I plan on doing! :)

Sounds like everything is going very well! My second daughter was a "later" walker too, and it just clicked one day!

What I like so much about the ages and stages questionnaire is that that is literally just one line item within the communication category! So, if a child is not saying 10 words yet, it can be completely developmentally normal and just fine!

Sadly children should be speaking pretty well at 3 and if they're not, it could be as simple as they (and maybe even their guardians) are shy-- or their guardians are not speaking to them NEARLY enough and encouraging their communication skills. If it's the latter, it's sad....

Most babies are speaking at 18 months at least some words. Mine started young and at 16 can say at least 10 words if not more.

I think some parents fear they did something "wrong" if their child is a little developmentally behind. To get help is to admit they need some support. I wish more knew, however, that being proactive is nothing but awesome for your little one!

It means that in terms of the clinical screener, there is nothing categorically “wrong” until you fall below the cutoff score. I simply mention that if your child scores CLOSE to the score that you may want to ask your pediatrician, because I’m an advocate for early intervention. The screener itself also specific recommends at home activities if you are very close to the score. However, only your child’s pediatrician will know the specific situation of your child and how to proceed.

Score each skill based on whether or not he can do them. If you answer yes, give it 10 points, sometimes, give it 5 points, and not yet, 0 points. The total cutoff score is 37 points. Don’t panic though! Interventions are there to help!

Every baby is so different; don't panic if your little one can't do all the milestones yet!

I definitely see that frustration with my daughter too! Maybe try a simpler puzzle until he builds confidence! (Circle puzzles are easier, for example!) Sometimes little ones go through periods of growing rapidly in one area and kind of “focusing” on that. If he’s still behind in communication at your next pediatric visit, however, bring it up! I had to be proactive with my second daughter, too!

Same boat!! Does your baby started to speak?

@@RahulKumar-kn6it he’s now 3. he talks a lot now (not full sentences tho). he still struggles to pronounce a lot of words but he gets really happy when he does. i can say when it comes to communication he is a bit delayed compare to kids his age group, but he is very active, playful & athletic.

Maybe the cheerio in a bottle one but that's it, and the hugging stuffed animal.

Have you talked to your pediatrician? When I saw delays, I advocated for my daughter and got her in PT. It made a HUGE difference and she’s done already! Sometimes babies and toddlers need more support; it is not a reflection on you as a parent!!

My son just turned 16 months and does a few of these. Don’t feel bad!

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Does your baby started to talk?

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@@GinnyBeeEdD it’s a helpful video thank you. It’s useful so you can provide more assistance where the kid needs help.

I can see where the competitive would come in but that’s only if you take it offensively. I have a 16m old that was born 7 weeks early & i just want to make sure my baby is supported & not being frustrated everytime she wants something

LOL agreed. I have two daughters right now. One will be 5 years old in 2 months and the other is 15 months old. On my first, some moron, just because her daughter was autistic, convinced my mother that my soon-to-be 5-year old MUST be evaluated because, at 16 months, she was only using two words and was mildly toe walking. My mother nagged me for a whole year about this just because this woman was a “mental health professional “ also (as unprofessional as it was for her to opine without our input at a dinner party) while I knew in my heart everything with my child was fine. After she turned two was when she really blossomed with speech and interaction. Now, she doesn’t toe walk at all and is highly social, interactive, and communicative. No intervention needed. I just let her be who she is and to get to where she needs to on her own. None of those supposed milestones she supposedly wasn’t meeting before two years of age made any difference. I feel that nowadays because so many people are taking this whole “assessment” stuff seriously and about 25-30% of kids are actually diagnosed with something before turning two, people are volunteering their opinions on this stuff so more children are in some kind of intervention program so that THEY don’t feel behind. I still get these videos on my feeds since my mother did everything to make me worry on my first, but now, on my 15-month old, I’m totally chill. She will do whatever she needs to do when she’s ready and there is nothing she absolutely should or shouldn’t be doing. These standards for how children should be behaving are actually culturally arbitrary and most people outside the western world don’t follow these. So yes, instead save up for college or for a child opening their own business when they turn 18 years of age and not for all this intervention at 18 months of age. Moral of the story: your kid is not a retard. Yes, I said it. They just need to be who and what they are now. Respect where they are and don’t try to push them ahead before they are even out of diapers.

I am one such anxious parent 🙈I have not seen any other infants … was never interested in other children and always look out for information to support the growth of my baby. But it does add to lot of stress and anxiety 🙈

So then don’t brag??! This stuff induces enough anxiety as it is. Would help if people didn’t brag to be honest.

You are not a horrible mother!! We all do the best with the hand we're dealt and you clearly care about your baby! I hope you get some ideas on how to support your little one and never feel ashamed to talk to your pediatrician about concerns you have.

How old is your baby ??

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Are they meeting any of the other communication milestones?