Milestones Magazine - Summer 2019

THE LANGUAGE BARRIER
PARENTS TOP 3
For the
DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES
in the FIRST YEARS of their CHILDREN’s lives
are talking, walking, and toileting independently.
Parents often worry whether their child is “late” developmentally
and may compare their child to a relative’s or friend’s child who seemed
to walk or talk practically from birth (at least according to his or her parents).
Although much of this concern may turn out to be unfounded for individual children;
reassurance from doctors and others that a child “will talk/walk when they are ready”
isn’t always good enough either. Parents usually have a good sense of when
there could be a real problem.
When my younger son was a toddler, “early intervention” wasn’t available.
He made his frustration with his communication difficulties known by shrieking;
often and loudly. One day, his older brother read to him a 79 cent Golden
Book we had just bought “My First Book of Animal Sounds”.
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