I ask this because it seems like my 3 older children said more words at age 2 then my 2 year old says and we did start teaching her ASL. we diddnt do that with the three older ones.
If You Teach Your Child ASL (American Sign Language) as a Baby Could It Prolong Them From Talking????
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Your 4th child is the luckiest of them all, not only does she sign, (So does my 2 year old) but she has 3 older siblings that probably do a lot of talking for her. Most children with many siblings say less, they do not need to. When it is snack time in your house and the the older ones ask for a snack, they most likely all line up…that is how it works in my house…If I give to one, I then go around and ask each of them or just hand to the rest of the kids. Why speak? Some kids also just are later talkers than others…my middle son did not speak until he was 3 and 1/2, but when he did the things he knew far surpassed what we thought he knew. Your daughrer will be fine as long as you keep asking her questions and encouraging her to do both sign and speaking. Keep up the good work as it is hard to find good parents out there these days.