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Originally Posted by Fingy
The thing that really gets me about this is that I am being hounded by my health visitor as my nearly 16 month old isn't 'complying' to commands like putting stuff in the bin and doesn't have very many words yet and being made to feel like I am failing as a parent?!?
As to the post about leaving your kids... all kids wind you up from time to time, it is very simple to put them somewhere safe, in their cot for instance, and go outside for 5 minutes to calm down, totally leaving is a different story altogether!
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If you feel as though you are being "hounded," you can ask to change your health visitor. But, that doesn't mean that another one won't have similar concerns. It might mean, however, that they be more tactful and more constructive about how they can help you.
From personal experience, it is far better to identify developmental issues early on, rather than much later. If you are in the system early on, it is much less difficult to get the help you may need.
I know this is off topic, but how many words does he/she have? The average at his/her age should be about fifteen to twenty.