Speech and age?
By gishwashquay
@gishwashquay (34)
United States
November 17, 2006 2:13pm CST
Ok... Here is my dilemma.
My 2 year old it seems has decided that speech is not for him. He refuses to try and talk and when he does all that comes out is babble. He won't even say drink.
There are 6 of us in the house total, and we all take turns reading to him, pointing to objects and saying the name of that object or item. We talk to him using sentences.
I have mentioned this to his physician many a times that his speech is delayed. My questions to you are:
1. Do you think this is normal?
2. What more can we do to help him talk more without being mean.
3. At what ages do you think a child should be able to say certain things?
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2 responses
@pumpkinjam (8769)
• United Kingdom
17 Nov 06
First of all, there is no "normal"! What else can your 2 year old do? I started worrying about my 18 month old not being able to walk, he didn't even crawl until 16 months and was 9 months before he sat up by himself but then I realised that he talks better than my older son did at that age. So maybe your 2 year old is more interested in physical rather than speach. Also, do/did you give him a dummy(pacifier) because they will make it more difficult for him to talk. If there are a lot of people in the house then he just might not feel he needs to talk. One thing you could try is to not get hom what he wants until he asks. Of course, give him some leeway but if there are so many people around him, it's likely that he's got no need to speak to anyone. You can encourage him by asking him to tell you what he wants and make it harder and harder for him to get what he wants without actually saying it.
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@gishwashquay (34)
• United States
20 Nov 06
My 2 year old is doing everything else he should be but speech. No, he has not had a pacifier since he had his frenulum clipped at 3 weeks old. My son also had jaundice really bad as an infant. Bad enough it put him in the hospital for a week after he was born. His levels were over 22. We encourage him to speek all the time. For example, but not giving him his drink until he tries to say drink or anything that sounds similar, but he wont even try and after a few minutes gets really frustrated.
We are going to have him tested to make sure there are no underlying reasons he is not talking. If everything checks out fine, then we will just have to wait till he decides to talk.
@moneymind (10510)
• Philippines
20 Nov 06
i say that you go consult your pediatrician for it. ask for some advice and am sure those sort of people knows better when it comes to baby's sort of confusion on part of the parents. greetings. : )
