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Tried to post a link but it came up with my private Amazon page.
I got this 6 years ago for my first grandson who lived on the opposite coast from our side of the family. Giving it to his cousin who will be moving to Japan in January.
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If you post a link to an amazon page and you are not logged into your personal account, it will come up as a generic link. Amy generic link comes up as my Amazon page if I’m login.
Little GD, who’s been slow to talk, said Nana today. H wasn’t sure if he heard her correctly and later asked her, “Where’s Nana?” She pointed at me and said “NANA!” with a big smile.
Little GD is finally interested in books and has also been pointing at pictures on some posters (alphabet, numbers, shapes), wanting us to name each one. Today, she named several letters correctly and then said “shapes” and pointed out the circle, star and heart as H said each one. I am over the moon, especially because we were worried about her slow language development.
Speaking of language development, our youngest (19 months) is likely somewhat behind her peers as she doesn’t speak in sentences yet. Probably because her parents speak two languages at home! Had a funny experience with her recently while babysitting. She kept pointing to things and saying what sounded like “mice!” We were puzzled - where does she see mice? - until her dad explained that she was actually saying “mais” which means “more” in his native language! 
she uses that word to indicate that she wants to play with something out of her reach. Or if she wants more of a particular food.
Ok, thanks. Good to know!
To be absolutely sure, delete anything in the link that starts with “ref=“ or “?” - that part is just tracking.
When my bilingual grandson was younger, he couldn’t/didn’t say a preceding s in front of a hard consonant. So he was asking for a ‘coota’ and I was asking if he knew the English word. He wanted his scooter, and he knew to only speak to me in English 
Cute!!
I see what you did there!
My older son was kind of slow to talk also. Then he spoke and said a sentence of something like 13 words, correctly. He was the same with reading - a little slow to start, but was reading middle school books by something like second grade. All that not meant as a brag but to indicate starting a little late doesn’t mean they won’t do well.
Just FYI, There are many bright and precocious babies in this world, but it is not a usual developmental milestone for 19 month-olds to be speaking in full sentences….
My brother didn’t speak until age 4. He spoke in complete sentences then and went on the have a very successful career as a Ophthamologist, so late talking isn’t necessarily a bad sign, though it can be worrying for loved ones.
My D was slow to learn to read, as was my niece. They have both done fine. D just skipped over picture books and went straight to chapter books and still loves reading. My niece similarly became an avid bookworm as soon as everything clicked and is now a podiatrist.
Thanks! I’m not worried. 
She’ll get there! She actually asked her dad to add more water to her bathtub last night when she decided it was too shallow I guess! She pointed to the faucet and demanded, “Mais agua!”
Attention grandparents!!!
Check your car seat!
Well, this is College Confidential after all. They’re all precocious!
My DS16, now most importantly the producer of Grandchild #1, said very little until he was over 2yo. Then suddenly sentences.
I remember he had a little friend who was visiting, and she was exactly the same age. She knew her colors and was talking and it was just amazing. Then a toy rolled out of reach. My DS stood up and ran over and reached down and picked it up with one hand and ran back. The friend’s mom was agog at his physical prowess.
Always remember that there are two sides to language development. Expressive, which is talking and Receptive, which is understanding, listening, following directions - chances are if they are a little slower than others in one they are doing fine in the other one!
Thank you. Just sent the link to D, who has two of them. She’s looking into it right now.
GD attends Spanish immersion daycare and is Spanish only with SIL’s parents. But she speaks mostly English at home and with us. I try to use my (limited) Spanish with her.
My GD’s other grandparents typically speak Arabic in their home. D doesn’t bother trying to say anything in Arabic, because GD always corrects her pronunciation. Nothing like a three year old telling you that you’re not saying it right!
My daughter sent me the same info. We do have that model in one of our cars.
My just turned 2 GD didn’t say many words but did understand and could follow directions. They were concerned but since she started preschool a few months ago words are beginning to happen.