16 MONTH OLD DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES | Research-Based Milestones for Your Baby

[@anntbsl]

Gross Motor: 60 Fine motor: 45 Problem Solving: 60 Personal-Social: 60 Communication: 30 I’m actually getting more and more worried as my 16month old grows because she doesn’t say even a word yet, which is why we only got 30 on communication. Her receptive is excellent but I’m getting a bit worried on expressive language ☹️ Other than this I see that she’s growing on the right track. Thank you so much for this video 🥰

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Those other scores are AMAZING! Sounds like she is quite the little mover and problem solver! Definitely talk to your pediatrician about a speech consultation if you are worried. Speech language pathologists are AMAZING and make such a huge difference! (I love the one I work with at my elementary school!)

[@zhaniyabekbau9379]

I know many kids who started speaking after 4-5 yo (my sisters, or their classmates) many are top students (but their parents did a lot immediately after they started speaking, like reading, and appropriate games (just don’t give them KZbin or TikTok for 10 h/ day) Every child is different )

[@salimsk137]

Hii Anne...I want to ask you that does your baby speak now and when did he start talking...can you please reply.... currently I am also tensed about my son as he is 16 months old now and same condition as yours.

[@anntbsl]

@@salimsk137 Hi! Yes, she started speaking at 19 months. 3 months after I posted the comment. She's 28 months now and can even make 3-6 word sentences and doesn't stop talking 😅😆

[@salimsk137]

@@anntbsl oh my god, this gave me so much relief. I hope my child also achieve his milestone on time. Thank you so much ❤️

[@user-vz8ro6df9k]

Gross = 60 Communication = 25 Fine Motor = 45 Problem Solving = 40 Personal - Social = 30 15.5 months and I suddenly just got curious so I thought I would look into it. Good to have a guide somehow so we know where to focus more.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

I felt the same way about the Ages and Stages! I like seeing what areas I can work on with my little lady!

[@chaitydas6075]

Amazing... seriously so helpful

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

I’m so glad!

[@AnunnakiProject_Official]

I come to this video because my daughter is stunning me every day since a long time to check if she is that advanced or if i am just blinded because its my child. Also its my first and only child. The ped was very stunned at the last few visits. She scores 50/60/60/55/60 how can i support that to continue? Everybody tells me and my wife thats crazy how advanced she is.

[@AnunnakiProject_Official]

15 month btw turnin 16 months in 2 weeks

[@mattiazagon3739]

Yay I am your 1000th subscriber

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Thank you!! 👏🏻🎉

[@jetaunjoyner2267]

My son passed on everything but his lowest number was communication. We have only heard mama and dadda. I’m also teaching 3 sign language words and he’a familiar with doing those. But he is not saying 8words yet which I am concerned with

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

As long as you meet the cutoff score, that’s completely fine! There were definitely a few that Alice wasn’t quite proficient with yet, too! If you are at all concerned, however, it’s never a bad idea to talk to your pediatrician!

[@Researchonly88]

Thank you so much for this! I’m surprised with the high quality and detailing of your videos. Amazing and extremely relevant content!

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

I'm so happy you found it helpful! Thank you!

[@Saz7966]

Thankyou for this video, very helpful. My Lo,( also a preemie) is scoring low on everything except social development, but now I have a better understanding on where to help her.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

I’m so glad it was helpful for you! I use the list every month with my girls, too, and it really helps me know what actually is “appropriate”! Make sure with your preemie you are scoring by adjusted age, not actual!

[@Saz7966]

@@GinnyBeeEdD absolutely, she's 18 mths actual but 16 mths adjusted. Thank you again your video has been a great help! ❤️

[@breannapiscitelli3941]

We actually went through Headstart. Are we have a program called Headstart that comes to our house and they actually did this for my daughter right at our house! This is definitely the legit list. I just filled the same exact one out a month ago for my daughter.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

We did too through the program here in Georgia! Our first was a NICU grad and I felt that the program and the milestones were probably helpful to ALL parents. I hope Headstart for your little lady was as great as the Georgia program was for my daughter!

[@UncreepableD]

I’ve been worried about my son for months. He’s been in early intervention for 7 months. He is 16 months now and just had this asq during his IFSP review. My son had a left hand preference from early on. He had an mri to check his brain but it came back normal. They did see some prominent fluid in his ventricles but the neurologist at one of the top hospitals in the country said he wasn’t concerned with it at all. I did the asq again using your guide and it still frustrates me bc some of these things I just don’t think to do with my child so I have to answer no. Gross: 10 (however he does cruise holding on and is attempting to walk all of the time. He takes anywhere from 5-8 steps and then falls) Communication: 35 Fine MS : 45 Problem solving : 30 Personal / social: 20 The unknown is so hard. He’s so social and is a huge cuddler. He smiles at me all the time and loves songs and playing with his siblings.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

It can be so scary, but it sounds like you are an amazingly proactive parent and doing all of the right things. Your son is so lucky to have such a caring parent.

[@JonasBrosGirl]

My son is also 16 months and the same way with walking. He can stand up and walk a bit but he’s much more comfortable with crawling and cruising. And I agree some stuff I just haven’t done with him like drawing/using crayons we haven’t done so I don’t even know if he can do it. This stuff is so hard.

[@LadyLakeland]

@@JonasBrosGirl my daughter is the same way, and we haven't done all these things yet. Sometimes i think oh you're just a little baby still you don't have to do anything yet. But I took her to doctors to see if she was suffering any illness and they said no. The state learning center come to my house to evaluate her and then said she thinks she's fine. It's so easy to overreact. When I heard the state was coming to my house I went home and I made her walk that day being very pushy with her. I shouldn't have.

[@ShyamSunder-me6oy]

School exam and matksheet available before going to school

[@natashalebedeva5465]

I hear there is a very low percent of 16 month olds that already know 10 words. I personally started saying mama at 18 months. My daughter is 17 months now and she still doesn’t say mama. She babbles a lot though! Some babies that we hang out with still don’t communicate at 3 years old! I don’t know, it seems like a problem that majority of babies deal with today

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

What I like so much about the ages and stages questionnaire is that that is literally just one line item within the communication category! So, if a child is not saying 10 words yet, it can be completely developmentally normal and just fine!

[@jessicaclay7204]

Sadly children should be speaking pretty well at 3 and if they're not, it could be as simple as they (and maybe even their guardians) are shy-- or their guardians are not speaking to them NEARLY enough and encouraging their communication skills. If it's the latter, it's sad....

[@AndreiFantastic]

Most babies are speaking at 18 months at least some words. Mine started young and at 16 can say at least 10 words if not more.

[@TheOrrican]

Yes, let's take the natural development of a child and quantify it so as to turn it into yet another competitive, anxiety-inducing project for obsessive parents who'll end up harming their children with the sheer pressure to perform. How about you start building their resumes for their college applications at 16 months too - you can never start too early!

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Some parents wish to know if developmental milestones are being met in order to support their child with additional services, if they are needed. These are internationally recognized guidelines that are peer reviewed and regularly edited.

[@Bama5000]

@@GinnyBeeEdD it’s a helpful video thank you. It’s useful so you can provide more assistance where the kid needs help.

[@zxcvbnmjhify]

I can see where the competitive would come in but that’s only if you take it offensively. I have a 16m old that was born 7 weeks early & i just want to make sure my baby is supported & not being frustrated everytime she wants something

[@SonyaOutThere]

LOL agreed. I have two daughters right now. One will be 5 years old in 2 months and the other is 15 months old. On my first, some moron, just because her daughter was autistic, convinced my mother that my soon-to-be 5-year old MUST be evaluated because, at 16 months, she was only using two words and was mildly toe walking. My mother nagged me for a whole year about this just because this woman was a “mental health professional “ also (as unprofessional as it was for her to opine without our input at a dinner party) while I knew in my heart everything with my child was fine. After she turned two was when she really blossomed with speech and interaction. Now, she doesn’t toe walk at all and is highly social, interactive, and communicative. No intervention needed. I just let her be who she is and to get to where she needs to on her own. None of those supposed milestones she supposedly wasn’t meeting before two years of age made any difference. I feel that nowadays because so many people are taking this whole “assessment” stuff seriously and about 25-30% of kids are actually diagnosed with something before turning two, people are volunteering their opinions on this stuff so more children are in some kind of intervention program so that THEY don’t feel behind. I still get these videos on my feeds since my mother did everything to make me worry on my first, but now, on my 15-month old, I’m totally chill. She will do whatever she needs to do when she’s ready and there is nothing she absolutely should or shouldn’t be doing. These standards for how children should be behaving are actually culturally arbitrary and most people outside the western world don’t follow these. So yes, instead save up for college or for a child opening their own business when they turn 18 years of age and not for all this intervention at 18 months of age. Moral of the story: your kid is not a retard. Yes, I said it. They just need to be who and what they are now. Respect where they are and don’t try to push them ahead before they are even out of diapers.

[@pratyakhona]

I am one such anxious parent 🙈I have not seen any other infants … was never interested in other children and always look out for information to support the growth of my baby. But it does add to lot of stress and anxiety 🙈

[@darlenewilliams-mcleod8920]

We just turned 16 months yesterday only just started walking last month can take up to 7 steps, we got 25 for gross motor but everything was about average or above.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Sounds like everything is going very well! My second daughter was a "later" walker too, and it just clicked one day!

[@DaniBLove]

I’m really starting to think that the communication low scores in these comments could be because of the pandemic. Not being around other children (daycare) or being home with full time working parents. My daughter is 16 months and hit really great scores accept communication. Anyway, she will be starting daycare in a few weeks. I’ve had HELP ME GROW and went to speech therapist they both say she’s fine and to “wait” so we shall see how daycare helps!

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Absolutely, the pandemic definitely makes things skewed. I have two Covid babies myself and a little delay was quickly caught up with both girls!

[@salimsk137]

Hello, how is your daughter now, did she start talking???

[@AndreiFantastic]

I love my baby! She’s been doing these things for months 🥰

[@leilanigrace2498]

Your explanation on scoring is contradicting. You first say “any number above the cut-off number means the child is on track”. You later add a second number labeling it as “close to the cutoff” ,providing a window, and say “anything above those numbers mean you are on track and shouldn’t worry”. Therefore Contradicting what you earlier said. So for example, you said 37 is the cutoff for gross motor but you’d want your child at least at 47. Anything above 47 you shouldn't worry. However, the cutoff number is 37 (not 47) and initially you said we shouldn’t worry above the CUT-OFF number (meaning 38,39,40)... So which is it???

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

It means that in terms of the clinical screener, there is nothing categorically “wrong” until you fall below the cutoff score. I simply mention that if your child scores CLOSE to the score that you may want to ask your pediatrician, because I’m an advocate for early intervention. The screener itself also specific recommends at home activities if you are very close to the score. However, only your child’s pediatrician will know the specific situation of your child and how to proceed.

[@skylarkauto7380]

I am scared. My son isn’t meeting many of these milestones. Not walking properly at 16 months but he is a climber. As in, he will climb 6 feet chair. He makes About 5-6 steps and he falls on his butts. No words either.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Score each skill based on whether or not he can do them. If you answer yes, give it 10 points, sometimes, give it 5 points, and not yet, 0 points. The total cutoff score is 37 points. Don’t panic though! Interventions are there to help!

[@lonelyfeet]

16 mos last feb 12 GM-60 COMM-55 FM-50 Problem S-45 PS-50 She can speak well. Knows colors, animal names, things names..but she is not interested in numbers😄..she loves books. She is not my baby though,she is my ward😊.

[@kristerrs]

My nephew`s communication score is 10. His parents say his communication skills are on par with babies his age (16 months). Are babies generally getting dumber or is it just the parents scared to accept that the baby is not developing properly? He can`t say dada/mama. The only thing he can say is "ba". He doesn´t imitate sounds/words.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

I think some parents fear they did something "wrong" if their child is a little developmentally behind. To get help is to admit they need some support. I wish more knew, however, that being proactive is nothing but awesome for your little one!

[@MartinBuchler]

Love the video :) I think for the next one some background music for some parts may be great!

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Thank you for the feedback! I have been working on integrating music in my newer videos. This is definitely something I plan on doing! :)

[@mariahassan4750]

My child scored 5 on communication

[@Shannedvera]

Gross Motor=60 Communication=25 Fine Motor=45 Problem Solving=55 Personal-Social= 45 My son used to say/copy some words but now he refused to say anything. I’m getting so nervous. :( He also gets frustrated quick when he can’t solve his puzzles, so he just quits.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

I definitely see that frustration with my daughter too! Maybe try a simpler puzzle until he builds confidence! (Circle puzzles are easier, for example!) Sometimes little ones go through periods of growing rapidly in one area and kind of “focusing” on that. If he’s still behind in communication at your next pediatric visit, however, bring it up! I had to be proactive with my second daughter, too!

[@RahulKumar-kn6it]

Same boat!! Does your baby started to speak?

[@Shannedvera]

@@RahulKumar-kn6it he’s now 3. he talks a lot now (not full sentences tho). he still struggles to pronounce a lot of words but he gets really happy when he does. i can say when it comes to communication he is a bit delayed compare to kids his age group, but he is very active, playful & athletic.

[@HolySoopCoolers]

What I’ve learned from watching this is that my 16 month old may be an advanced humanoid. Help plz. He’s fucking crazy.

[@Fairjayne]

Not to brag but my girl is 16 month today and she’s done a lot of this before 12 months. Super proud but I’m worried I’m not keeping up with her.

[@gia2577]

So then don’t brag??! This stuff induces enough anxiety as it is. Would help if people didn’t brag to be honest.

[@chloemaiden9181]

Omg until now my child did not🙁

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Every baby is so different; don't panic if your little one can't do all the milestones yet!

[@hiiipowerbass2337]

My son can't do literally any of these , I'm absolutely heartbroken and terrified

[@hiiipowerbass2337]

Maybe the cheerio in a bottle one but that's it, and the hugging stuffed animal.

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Have you talked to your pediatrician? When I saw delays, I advocated for my daughter and got her in PT. It made a HUGE difference and she’s done already! Sometimes babies and toddlers need more support; it is not a reflection on you as a parent!!

[@VonBorstelll]

My son just turned 16 months and does a few of these. Don’t feel bad!

[@kristerrs]

profile pic checks out

[@RahulKumar-kn6it]

Does your baby started to talk?

[@ladybugflv]

What is the threshold of words they should say, apart from "mamma" and "dada", four or eight?

[@جودةالحياة-خ5ض]

شكراً=Thanks

[@ellecordero5708]

My baby isn't reaching any milestones because I'm a horrible mother. Yay 😐

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

You are not a horrible mother!! We all do the best with the hand we're dealt and you clearly care about your baby! I hope you get some ideas on how to support your little one and never feel ashamed to talk to your pediatrician about concerns you have.

[@pinkpoizon6365]

How old is your baby ??

[@AndreiFantastic]

Do better then

[@ShyamSunder-me6oy]

Even CDC doea not say 8 words for 16 month old .. people are just crazy

[@aishajalilansari]

My 16 month old kisses himself over and over again when he sees himself in mirror 😂😂😂 does that count?

[@ronjaostrand2533]

🤔 baby not walking unsupported yet, so "behind" on gross motor, but basically everything else is "been doing this for months", so he is just a nerd 😝 (smart, but not focused on athletics) (Atleast here he isn't considered behind as long as he starts walking by 18 months, and he is well on his way, it gonna be fine 🤷🏻‍♀️)

[@videoviewer1]

Not saying 8 words , what now?

[@GinnyBeeEdD]

Are they meeting any of the other communication milestones?