apps to help speech for a 2 year old

twigpig

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

..... its really not recommended to keep blathering on at children......

Oh dear. I never stop talking :rotfl: Will try to keep it simple, as I must admit that I would say that with cup too

bigmomma051204

twigpig wrote: »

Oh dear. I never stop talking :rotfl: Will try to keep it simple, as I must admit that I would say that with cup too

Hahahaha - I blather on too! Its just re-jigging the way you think etc.... once you have starting keeping it simple and "comment rather than converse".... you will get used to it

brians_daughter

twigpig wrote: »

Thank you, I'd really appreciate your advice and I recall your name and reading your post, which was the reason for my post. (I did think about adding to the other post, but thought it would get lost). My son goes to nursery 3 days a week too, so is around other children which should help his communication. Anything we could try to help bring him along is certainly worth a try.

He actually made little eye contact when younger, although is getting better at this now so we do try to make him look at us when we're talking to him. It's still challenging at times......

A lot of people have a lot of opinions on what we as parents should and shouldnt be doing. But you need to just suck it up and go with advice from SLT's/HV and your own intuition. re the (lack of ) babbling we used to run round with feathers in our hair making 'indian' noises and DS soon picked that up as it was fun, we took it from there really. I got obsessive with his lack of speech - which wasn't healthy for anyone involved

DS's behaviour was also suffering massively as a result of being so frustrated. Giving him a voice along with various other aids eased the frustration and help enormously. If your lo can understand pictures another great idea is get one of those keyrings that have a plastic coiled chain on them and print out and laminate some 'must have' items. We had a 'family' one, a food one, then one with a happy and sad face on. He could then show us how he felt, who or what he wanted with relative ease.

I have loads of inet based advice groups and info for speech and lang development. When i get home later i will post some for you to look at.

The app helped in busier situations ie nursery and with lots of other kids like at the park etc and was actually recommended by an SLT.

They all grow at different rates. DD was talking like a 4 yo at 15 months, DS was 4 when he said his first word. It is undoubtedly a trying and worrying time for you, but do remember we are all different and he will get there in the end

Anna x

twigpig

LEJC wrote: »

......does he respond to tickling and laughter,is he alert around you and follow talking and conversations with his eyes and body language etc....

He absolutely responds to tickling and laughter, I also use counting to 5 before ticking him and he recognises that at 5, the tickling will come. He still struggles a bit with eye contact. The best eye contact we'd get is when we sing certain songs to him (and we sing songs every day).

It's nice to know other children talk late and to be fair, in both sets of our families, children have generally been late to speak....

twigpig

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

Hahahaha - I blather on too! Its just re-jigging the way you think etc.... once you have starting keeping it simple and "comment rather than converse".... you will get used to it

Thank you and that's really why posted, I'm sure that there's more we can do. Although he is seeing the speech therapist, it's few and far between as he's still young, so us getting into good habits now can only help things along....

twigpig

brians_daughter wrote: »

...... I got obsessive with his lack of speech - which wasn't healthy for anyone involved

......They all grow at different rates. DD was talking like a 4 yo at 15 months, DS was 4 when he said his first word. It is undoubtedly a trying and worrying time for you, but do remember we are all different and he will get there in the end

Anna x

Thank you again, and as yet, I'm not overly concerned, but it does sting a bit when people ask if he's talking yet, and I guess if he's 2.5/3/3.5, it stings even more and people see it as more of a 'problem' the older the child becomes. It's always good to know there are plenty of parents who went through the same thing and get plenty of ideas of what worked for them ......

bigmomma051204

twigpig wrote: »

He absolutely responds to tickling and laughter, I also use counting to 5 before ticking him and he recognises that at 5, the tickling will come. He still struggles a bit with eye contact. The best eye contact we'd get is when we sing certain songs to him (and we sing songs every day).

It's nice to know other children talk late and to be fair, in both sets of our families, children have generally been late to speak....

There you go then... genetics play a BIG part in development. So if there is a genetic precedence, then that explains it a bit!

Am surprised that a SALT suggested an app... the ones i see every day would have a melt down if i suggested that :cool: Its just not necessary IMHO as there were no such things as "apps" a few years back and somehow people still managed to speak.... I am all for progress but in this case, not so much.... Although I would agree that it would probably help a child with additional needs who had trouble verbalising - Autistic children utilise technology regularly for example and it works very well for them. I just dont believe its necessary at an age where the child in this case is only slightly developmentally delayed. This is a child who sounds like they just need a bit more of the "old fashioned" encouragement. :A

bigmomma051204

twigpig wrote: »

Thank you again, and as yet, I'm not overly concerned, but it does sting a bit when people ask if he's talking yet, and I guess if he's 2.5/3/3.5, it stings even more and people see it as more of a 'problem' the older the child becomes. It's always good to know there are plenty of parents who went through the same thing and get plenty of ideas of what worked for them ......

Please just bear in mind that the techniques used for a 4 year old who isn't talking, are vastly different than those needed for a 2year old who isn't talking. xx

twigpig

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

Please just bear in mind that the techniques used for a 4 year old who isn't talking, are vastly different than those needed for a 2year old who isn't talking. xx

Absolutely, and I expect the advice in brian's daughters case was very specific to their child, and in their case, this really did help. Good to know the steps further down the line.....

bigmomma051204

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