is this normal??

[ashley45_91]

bella is 2 1/2. she talks a little bit but not much. when you ask her something she just stares at you like you have six heads and won't answer. the only time she'll answer is if you ask her if she wants to go bye bye or if she wants juice. its freaking me out the way she just stares. her mom says she does it to her but "it's her way of

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[letti_lake]

I don't really know all the details so I'm trying not to draw too many conclusions, but from some other things you said about how when shes with her mother she doesn't seem to really be cared for much, I'm assusimg her lack of communication is probably because nobody interacts with her when shes in her mothers care. If nobody talks to her...like if nobody directs any questions to her how would she know her name or that shes even expected to answer? Think of it as children are like clean slates...parents need to grave onto them basic skills. I know it seems really odd because most of us talk to our children subconsciously without even thinking about it, but imagine if nobody told you to turn the pages in a book from right to left...you would be flipping them every which way. Thats how talking is. I would suggest talking to her A LOT when she is with you. Even if its just "do you want juice?" and she answers "Yes" and you continue on the conversation, "how about in a blue cup?" and get a blue cup out for her, "heres your juice in the pretty blue cup! do you like blue?" She won't answer you at first and will probably do the staring thing for awhile but the more you talk to her, the more she will understand what to do when questions are asked and by talking to her you will be teaching her the answers to the questions. When shes with you it might be good to have a lot of books around for her. As you read to her you can elaborate on the pictures and ask her questions about what does she think will happen next in the story and she'll learn things that way. Sorry this rambled on, I apologize if it makes no sense, its really late here. Good luck though!

[ashley45_91]

We try to get her to talk to us and answer us but usually just get stared at. I tried talking to her mom about it but she says that "bella's spoiled" I don't know what to do other than keep trying to get her to answer things. We read books too and she seems to like that. Thanks for the advice though! The whole situation just sucks.