speech delay

atolaas

My son didn't start talking until he was 2 and a half. I found that nursery was the best place for him. He thrived! I'm sure your daughter will to. He's now 4 and started school in September...he's very bright and articulate. I'm always being told how polite he is!

*max*

4 hours a week of speech therapy at barely 2 years old, when there's no other developmental delay seems...massive! Or is it just me?

emg

I think it is 4 hours of nursery. The Speech Therapy is the parent workshop and chatterbox group. Sounds like you are doing all the right things OP and it sounds like perhaps some glue ear has slowed her down a bit. Im sure with the nursery sessions and the strategies the SALT show you, your little one will start to make good progress.

marleyboy

Our Son is 5 Yrs old and is only just starting to babble. saying this we do know what he is communicating. He tends to use object of reference.

Albeit he does have severe developmental delay, deafness and autism (apparently so unique he is only one of two in the UK with this combined condition) he has no problems in expressing himself and getting what he wants.

haybel19

*max* wrote: »

4 hours a week of speech therapy at barely 2 years old, when there's no other developmental delay seems...massive! Or is it just me?

No its 4 hours of NURSERY per week think you misread my post.

haybel19

Thanks for all replies.

ENT specialist today she has some evidence of glue ear- and certainly her hearing is muffled at present as a result... She is once again recovering from an ear infection (both ears).

Have to got back for review in 4 months and see how the glue ear is then.

fabforty

My son has just turned four and he had/has a speech delay. He hit all of his milestones, and said his first words at around 18 months. By his second birthday he only said about 20 words and there no two word combinations.


By 26 months he had about 80 words but still spoke only in single words. He went through a stage of repeating things, but didn't really use his own words to try to form sentences. He was referred for speech therapy which consisted of Parentcraft sessions - where I was taught different ways of helping his language to develop, talking to him (not at him) for example, commentating, special time etc. I also took him to toddler groups, especially those which involved singing and musical activities as that was when he was his most vocal.


There was a definite improvement by his third birthday, and since he started nursery last year, his speech has really developed. He is now within normal range, although his speech is slightly slower and less fluent than his peers. It isn't really noticeable to other people.

*max*

haybel19 wrote: »

No its 4 hours of NURSERY per week think you misread my post.

So I did, sorry.

haybel19

*max* wrote: »

So I did, sorry.

No worries its easy done

marisco_2

All children develop at their own pace. Some start babbling, slowly build a word bank and put garbled sentences together. Others sit back, take it all in and then start talking clearly at a later stage than their peers. Bringing your daughters speech on through play would be a good way forward. She'd be relaxed and open to taking about all that is going on around her.

My youngest son was over 3 before he spoke clearly. I was advised to talk to him non stop about anything and everything. So when I was driving around I would point out the red bus, big tree, look at the children on their bikes etc. In the supermarket I would be chatting away to him discussing what shall we have for dinner. Every time I put an item in the trolley I would show it to him and say its name. I will admit it became a bit soul destroying when I got no response back. I just kept telling myself that it would all be going in.

He started at a great nursery when he was 2 1/2 and they regularly sang nursery rhymes with the children and did all the actions alongside. He loved this. I would collect him and he would be humming the tunes. He gradually started to add in words here and there until eventually he was singing the entire song.