Am I expecting too much from this toddler?

[playfelt]

Is she an only child? It is possible the parents do all the talking for her in the way they interact with her and she never has to choose out loud. If they accept pointing or gesturing or signing at this age then that makes the problem last longer. Parents forget to let their children grow up and continue using the cutesy voices and accept cute smiles as answers.

[sunnydays]

I think this is the case with my dcg...she will come to me and stand there just smiling and the only way I know she has to go to the bathroom is that she pulls ever so slightly on her underwear at the side...LOL. I don't accept this and make her tell me what she needs...her teacher sure isn't going to have time to notice her standing there smiling like that. But I have a feeling her parents respond to it.

Is she an only child? It is possible the parents do all the talking for her in the way they interact with her and she never has to choose out loud. If they accept pointing or gesturing or signing at this age then that makes the problem last longer. Parents forget to let their children grow up and continue using the cutesy voices and accept cute smiles as answers.

[Fun&care]

I had a new DCG do this to me just recently. I think it's a personality thing. What worked for me was to get her to talk by saying "if you want to have a snack, then say Fun&care can I please have a snack"? She LOVES food and did not want to miss out on snack so this really worked. You can do the same for toys. But finally she warmed up, took her a while (like 4 months) but now she talk talk talks! Try not to force it too much, if nothing works then just ignore it for now and see if she will come to you.