Are any of these things

MinM

particularly note-worthy for a ten month old?

to pick himself off the floor to a walking position and walk (instead of when he falls crawling to the nearest object to pull himself up and THEN start walking)

a slow run

to throw a ball with accuracy to an object

to bounce a basketball

thatgrrrrl

All of them.

**O-Face**

Yes, I agree with TG.

*Barbie*

A lot of kids don't walk until they're around a year old, so I'd say yes.

AuntFlo

Yep.  
Esp the throwing the ball with accuracy thing, but  I'm guessing that was an accident.

MinM

This is my friend with the wonder baby, AF, so I am sure it was no accident.

AuntFlo

Did she post these things as FB status updates?

MinM

This was all one long FB staus update, yes. I am >thisclose< to blocking her.

AuntFlo

I would go ahead and block her status updates.   She'll have no idea that you've done that.   I've had to do that with some WWers that talk about their dogs too much. 

TheDuckis

Just do it. Whether or not these are facebook-worthy milestones or not isn't really the issue. It's obviously bothering you, and there's no shame in walking away until you're better able to deal with it. She doesn't have to know she's blocked, and you don't have to stop contact entirely.

DG1

Agreed. They are noteworthy, but not unheard of (esp. the ball thing). My kids were early walkers, but neither really talked much until about 18m (way late).

Anyway, yes. Just hide her updates. 

baconsmom

Block her. Even if these things are remarkable, nobody on her friends list probably cares. Why bore people with baby sht (when you can bore them with politics so much more easily?)?

MinM

Blocked.

::fills up news feed with dog pics:::

tesskerr

18m is late for talking? I don't think so...

baconsmom

Ditto, 18m is well within normal. I side-eyed BFF so. hard. when she hired a speech therapist for her 18m-old. A 3-y-o, I might worry. 18m? Not so much. 

AuntFlo

18-months isn't necessarily late, but it is on the late end of normal, I think.   My DD didn't say too much until she was 2.   She is now almost 30 months and she just started saying a few complete sentences.   But she excels in other areas so it's certainly nothing to worry about.  

Is anyone else picturing Bay Watch when they read "slow run"???

MinM

I am now, AF. And for that, I thank you.

DG1

18m is late to have no words. Minimum for that age is 2-3 words. I think Dex had about 4 words at 17m2.5w and somehow had the word assplosion and had 42 words at 18m.  Dex is 31m now and won't shut up with his complete sentences.

Desmond is now 17m1w and has four words. But he's much more verbal and communicative in general, and we're expecting the word explosion soon.

We are considering speech therapy for Dex, becuase he's still very hard to understand, even for us sometimes, to the point that there may be an issue.  But it's more about nipping it in the bud vs his having to be in speech therapy for the first half of grammar school (like H was - he thinks that's perfectly normal and fine).

VarunaTT

DG that entire last paragraph made me think of this past episode of Modern Family.