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| i was wondering how many of you have a child with a speech delay who also has a younger sibling. my daughter is 3 1/2yrs old and my husband and i want to start trying for another baby, but i am concerned because my daughter can throw some awful tantrums and can even be destructive. i'm worried she may unintentialy hurt her sibling when she gets upset. if anyone is in this situation, i would love to know how you are handeling it and be thankful for any advice you could give me. |
| Posted by melanie on 12/24/2008 12:47 PM
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Melanie,
I have a 4 year old daughter with a speech delay and a 2 year old son who desperately tries to keep up with her. Although his speech is a little distorted due to his sister not talking clearly, he is fine. We're working with him and her, but I've found that the more he is around other 2 year olds who talk well, the more clearly he will learn to talk. My daughter was a little upset like any normal older sibling would be when a new baby is brought home, but she never tried to hurt her brother. In fact she did the opposite. She wanted to help me with him all the time which was a huge blessing. She is still wanting to be his mother even at age 4 and he is 2 years old now. It's frustrating at times, but she is learning fast that I am mommy and she is a child. Since you're looking to have another, talk about it with your daughter. I made that mistake at first and thankfully was able to correct it in time. I got my daughter a little baby doll of her own and showed her how to take care of it and we pretended that it was real so that she would not be so scared when her brother came home from the hospital. She was a little cautious at first, but she did very well in accepting him. Hope this helps. God Bless. |
| posted by Elizabeth on 01/04/2009 08:36 PM
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| well a friend of ours has an 8month old and i was nervous the first time they brought him over, but as soon as my daughter saw him, she tried to hold him and feed him his bottle. she was so gentle and i was really relieved how well she did. but i appreciate your input, thank you |
| posted by melanie on 01/05/2009 12:08 AM
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| You're welcome. Sounds like your little one will do fine. :) |
| posted by Elizabeth on 01/05/2009 06:50 AM
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| I have two kids now. My son was 3 1/2 when my daughter was born. He still didn't "talk" at that point and I didn't have any problems with adding another child to the mix. My daughter didn't have a speech delay so that did make things easier. I think because we had so much language going on all the time that she talked early. :-) |
| posted by on 01/26/2009 11:08 AM
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| I have to agree with the talking earlier part. My 13 month old is trying to say all kinds of words, a lot of which are pretty understandable in context. I think part of his talking is due to him being in an enviornment where we are contantly talking, and focusing on the correct way of saying words. I think another benefit to him is speech therapy 4 times a week...he isn't the subject of the therapy, but when the therapist is working with my older son, my younger tries to say the words too...trying to be just like his big brother. |
| posted by Rhonda on 01/27/2009 02:56 PM
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| that's good. we just had an assesment for Samara with pre-k, and they have scheduled her for an evealuation next week, so hopefully she will qualify for the program so she can start classes. i really hope this will help her, nothing else seems to get through to her effectively. we still work with her daily on words,colors,shapes, and activities and i think she is making progress, it is just slow going |
| posted by melanie on 01/27/2009 03:16 PM
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| Isn't it amazing how children learn differently? My daughter is very visual and she needs a lot of visual aids to help her with words, where my son just listens and can say it. He is coming a long very well despite the fact that his sister can't talk very well yet. He's the younger one and he has his own issues about things in general just like any 2 year old, but he does very well otherwise. |
| posted by Elizabeth on 01/27/2009 04:03 PM
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| yea, my little one doesn't do that well with images, like flash cards don't really work for her. so i use actual items to get her to identify them. like she has play foods and doll house furniture so i will have her pick out the apple or lamp, things like that and she does really well, but if she is looking at a flat 2d image she has a harder time picking the right one |
| posted by melanie on 01/27/2009 04:30 PM
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