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| Please help me-my son brayden just turned two-he babbles a lot but doesnt speak understandable words. his receptive language is good and he understands what we tell him, but he is not speaking. i am so worried. i put him in speech therapy but so far no real improvment. i am all consumed by this and starting to have anxiety attacks. would love some advice |
| Posted by kim on 11/01/2008 11:21 PM
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| He may have apraxia of speech, which doesn't mean he's not smart. Here's a very short article about it but it may calm your nerves bit. http://www.parents.com/toddlers/development/intellectual/what-is-childhood-apraxia-of-speech/ |
| posted by Erin on 11/02/2008 12:14 AM
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| how long has he been receiving the speech therapy? it could take around 2 months before you see any progress. how many days a week and for how long does he get the therapy. |
| posted by michele on 11/02/2008 12:04 PM
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| The first thing I would say is talk to your ped about it. Boys develop speech later than girls do and he may still be in the normal range for development. The next thing I can offer is that a friend of mine had some trouble with her son speaking as well and after putting it off for several months (at the advice of her parents as teachers educator and others), she finally got a thorough exam done and found that his ears needed to have tubes put in to drain fluid. He couldn't hear well enough to repeat words correctly. So, maybe have him looked at by an ENT doc.... |
| posted by Stephanie on 11/02/2008 12:15 PM
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I'd say quit worrying so much.... By you getting so anxious about it you may be causing him to not speak... Sort of like tioket training if you pressure a toddler too much they just refuse.
I'd say calm down! Make learning fun. Don't pressure him. Give dope h therapy some time.
My son is 20 months and doesn't say much yet either but comprehends almost everything. If comprehension is good then he can hear you and he understands language.... Give him time... If he is communicating by pointing, grunting etc...And you understand him... He is using his own language with you... To him he is talking..... Just reenforce his meanings using the correct words. He'll learn in time. Don't panic so much. |
| posted by roxanne on 11/02/2008 12:32 PM
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Hi Kim!
I am in the same situation with my son, I already took him to have his ears checked, they are okay, and am waiting for the speech therapist approval.
I have been told that I need to relax that some babies speak later than others, but its hard. I get very stressed when I hear babies his age (or even younger) speak in full sentences. My baby is barely learning how to say letters...he's finally saying mama & papa. I know what you are going thru...I'm going thru the same. I must tell you that he started to say the letters and very few words after he started using a leap frog phonetics toy. You might want to check it out...and of course speak to his pediatrician. |
| posted by sonia on 11/03/2008 05:23 PM
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Hi Kim. I read your post and wanted to offer this bit of info...
I have a little brother that is now 15 and he didn't talk until he was three! He would babble and we understood what he wanted, but nobody else could understand his "language." He just woke up one day and started talking in full sentances, and is a very bright young man now.
It sounds like you are really worried about it though, so you might talk to your pedi about it.
Good luck!! |
| posted by Liz on 11/13/2008 09:41 PM
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