Hello everyone, First of all Thank You for having me in this Community. I am glad to be a member of it. To my Person: My Name is Ipek, 32 years Old and I live in Germany. I have a 1,5 year Old Boy. For me it is Really Hard to know how to support his speach journey. Maybe some Of you Can give me some advises. It is my first child and we are Talking with him in 2 languages. One question: everything he wants or cant say - he points with his finger and says „de de de“. I am giving it to him and say the right Name of the object like fridge. Do you Think this is a good way? I am looking forward from your Feedback.

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I’ve been so worried about this one, I didn’t know it was a milestone until the milestone came up around 8-9 months. We aren’t super expressive people so I didn’t know I should be modelling this, I guess it might also be a first time mom thing as we weren’t shaking our heads either and surprise surprise that didn’t happen either. Well since I found out we’ve been clapping at every opportunity and singing lots of clapping songs. Well tonight right before bed he clapped for the first time and I honest to god cried I was so relieved and happy. This felt like a really big win for us.

My 14 month old said mamma and i’m pretty sure a hear mum in there as well when he repeatedly says it❤️❤️ Also in the same week he’s finally got the hang of drinking from his cup instead of his bottle!! 2 big wins this week!! Super proud of him x

How do I encourage my daughter to try food? She hesitates and sometimes she even takes a couple of minutes before starting to eat. She even just straight up says no, even when it’s something she likes. I even tried to encourage her to touch it or squish it but she just turns away completely. Sometimes she even closes her eyes so she doesn’t see the food. Any tips?