Patient's question:
My son is almost 1.5 years old and still cannot speak. He used to call "daddy" and "mommy" but doesn't initiate calls rarely speaks and occasionally says something suddenly. He loves walking and running all day and doesn't want to learn anything. What should I do?Doctor's answer:
Cognitive abilities: Babies can categorize various items based on their different purposes, but they are still limited to sorting them according to their functions, such as eating, wearing, using, and playing. This indicates that babies have initially developed analytical and comprehensive abilities. Their thinking skills have improved significantly, and they often make connections by analogy. For example, when talking about cats, babies may associate them with the ability to catch mice, their food being mice, and memories of having seen them in neighboring homes. Babies can also draw simple shapes, such as squares, and complete them by closing the edges, although the corners are quite blunt. Additionally, they can draw the human body structure in its entirety, even though the proportions are not, the basic positions are correctly identified.