I got this from Catherine's ped at her 12mo check-up.

At age one, your child should:

Recognize his or her name (Catherine - yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (yes)
Imitate familiar words (no)
Wave good-bye (no)
Play pat-a-cake (no)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words (none)
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (no)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (no)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (yes)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (never tried)

Emma won't be able to do all of that either, even with one month left. :(

Recognize his or her name (yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (yes)
Imitate familiar words (not yet)
Wave good-bye (yes)
Play pat-a-cake (not yet! :oops:)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words ("mama", "dada", "ni-ni" if we say "Em, it's time to go "night-night")
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (only when she's feeling good)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Places a a cube in a cup on command (yes)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (yes, but then she tries to eat the crayon)

But, Emma can whistle! Where's that on the list? ;)

Hey, chickie! You're double-dipping with that post! You can't count it twice! LOL :toothy10:

Recognize his or her name (Cady - yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (no)
Imitate familiar words ("dog" and "hi" - yes)
Wave good-bye (yes)
Play pat-a-cake (yes)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words ("dada", "dog", "hi" - not quite)
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (Sometimes - generally no)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (no)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (no)

What does this mean? Heck...I don't know. I think she's doing okay.

Recognize his or her name (yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (yes)
Imitate familiar words (no)
Wave good-bye (no)
Play pat-a-cake (no)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words (not quite)
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (yes)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (yes)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (never tried)
:dontknow:

Amanda? R u ignoring me?LOL I sent you a PM and an email!

It says I have no PM's (odd) and my email is down. :(

I think my computer is avoiding you. ;)

(totally kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) :smt036

LoL...that's odd, yer not the only one who has not received my PM today. Is yer phone down too? LOL I tried to call you yesterday...hmmmm isn't it obvious to everyone else and NOT to me...she IS avoiding me! LOL

LoL...that's odd, yer not the only one who has not received my PM today. Is yer phone down too? LOL I tried to call you yesterday...hmmmm isn't it obvious to everyone else and NOT to me...she IS avoiding me! LOL

My phone was turned off yesterday. Apparently the battery needs to be recharged every once and awhile :oops:. I'll check my phone for messages. Sorry! :oops:

No need, I didn't leave a message LoL

You girls actually call each other??? I'm missing out.

Recognize his or her name (yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (yes)
Imitate familiar words (no)
Wave good-bye (yes)
Play pat-a-cake (no)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words (yes to mama and dada but not directional)
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (yes)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (no)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (never tried)

Recognize his or her name (Nathan - yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (yes)
Imitate familiar words (yes)
Wave good-bye (yes)
Play pat-a-cake (yes)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words (says dada, baba (bottle), up, all done, bye bye, I do; STILL does not say mama :shock:)
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (yes)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (no)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (no)

Okay this is Zoee at 20 months so it kinda does show where langauge and speech wise she is behind for her age.....


Recognize his or her name (yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (sometimes)
Imitate familiar words (half and half)
Wave good-bye (yes)
Play pat-a-cake (yes)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words (Momma, dada, yea, up, duck, yay, babab and she has saidABC)Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (yes)
Laugh a great deal (yes)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (no)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (no)

Iain is turning 2 in 4 days.

Recognize his or her name (yes)
Understand "no" (yes)
Understand simple instructions (at times)
Imitate familiar words (no)
Wave good-bye (yes)
Play pat-a-cake (no)
Use "mama" and "dada" and several other words (has sounds mainly, words include go, ouch)
Make the "sounds" of familiar animals (no)
Give a toy on request (at times)
Laugh a great deal (yes)
Hear well and discriminate between sounds (yes)
Show a great deal of affection; makes noises and pats parents affectionately (yes)
Placesa a cube in a cup on command (yes)
Scribbles imitatively with a crayon (just starting)

We have started sign language with Iain and he is learning "more" right now. I have his speech evaluation to post from our private SLP. He is around a 1 year old level.