Comunication block with child

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One of my daughters Aliyah is nearly 3 and is having communication problems. She will not put two words together and most of her one words that she does use is half the word so really just a sound. She does say a handful of words properly but not like she should for her age. A great example of a communication block is the other day she kept coming up to me and saying 'ba', and would grab my hand and want to take me somewhere. So we'd go to where she wanted to take me, which was the kitchen and then said 'ba' again. I asked her everything I could think of, 'do you want this?' and she would say no. This basically went on off and on all day and I never did figure out what she wanted. We have her on a waiting list for a speech pathologist but the town I live in doesn't have one right now but are in the process of hiring. It is so frustrating not being able to communicate with your own child. Most of the time we can understand her, probably 80% of the time, others have no idea what she says most of the time. I hope that we will be able to get her help with her speech. I had problems when I was her age too with my speech. Has anybody else had problems with their child's speech? Any advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated.