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Why does my 18 month old Son say its snowing when its raining, I try to correct him but he refuses?

He seems to be refusing to listen and say what I need him to say,example calling a dog a cat,Is there a serious concern here?

Posted: 04/12/2011 by Niila

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He's 18m months old. He's still learning what things are a how to talk. Snow might just be easier to say. He learned "snow" first as a thing that falls out of the sky. To him he sees no difference between snow and that other thing that falls out of the sky that mom calls rain so to him they are both snow. Its not a concern yet. Just keep calling it what it is. As he gets older he'll figure it out. My brother called all things with 4 legs "goggies" (doggies) for a long time but he figured it out as he got older. My son thought prairie dogs were little bears because they looked like teddy bears to him. He knows the difference now. Don't worry, its all part of the learning curve.
posted 04/12/2011 by JDTmamma
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Only be concerned if he's actually "confused" at the fact that the dog IS NOT a cat, or that it IS raining and NOT snowing. If he's just being rebellious and silly, there's nothing to be worried about. The only thing you can do then, is repeat what he said in the "correct" term, but don't overdo it, don't expect him to immediately say the correct word after you do, he could be just trying to show his independence :)
posted 04/12/2011 by gypsyfilly
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