25 month old has speech delay Posted: 03-13-08 19:05pm
My 25 month old's vocabulary consists of
'no' (unprompted), 'hey' (very rarely
unprompted, mostly at my prompting), 'bye'
(almost always at my prompting), and on
occasion the word 'ball'. She understands
everything we say to her, can make animal
noises (what does the cat say, etc.),
follows complex commands (go find the red
cup -out of several other colors-and put
it inside of your toy box), knows what
things are for (puts a brush to her hair),
etc. She was evaluated today and
everything other than talking is fine.
Basically she just won't talk (there
aren't any physical impediments to our
knowledge...her hearing has yet to be
evaluated, but she hears me even when she
can't see me...). The kids at her
preschool who are 15-16 months old have a
greater vocabulary than hers. She is in a
class with 2-3 year olds and she is the
only one who cannot communicate with
words. She babbles constantly (for
example, will pretend she is reading a
book, talking on a phone...even uses
inflection with her babble), but the
babbling is garbled and doesn't contain
consonants. The evaluation today
determined that she needs and will get
speech therapy for this.
My husband is deeply concerned that she is
at risk and feels that she possibly will
have, despite the therapy, *permanent*
speech and language delays/impediments all
of her life. He was concerned as early as
12 months that she was not saying
words...I kept asking the pediatrician and
she said to wait and see. The evaluation
today determined she is at a 15 month
old's level in regards to her expressive
communication. Because this is a gap that
is 10 months off, husband thinks we have
waited too long, it is just about too late
and wonders if the therapy will be able to
correct it (thinks she's almost too far
gone)...but still wants the therapy for
her.
Has anyone been in a similar situation
with their child and the child has turned
out alright? I don't really need advice on
what to do because the therapist has
provided us with things we can do to help.
I'm just so hoping that someone out there
has experienced something similar and the
child caught up, is talking normally,
etc.. My husband seems to think there is a
good chance that she won't ever be
completely normal. The therapist says not
to worry, but it is always reassuring to
hear from people who have experienced
similar situations and it all worked out.
Thanks in advance.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 03-22-08 21:16pm
My daughter also has some things about her
speech that aren't together yet and she is
almost 4. We didn't have speech therapy
for her, but we have other children who
help her speak, and have helped her
ourselves (my husband is a language
teacher) in the home. She gets better and
more understandable every day. She should
be able to speak normally by the time she
goes to school.
I think your husband needs to stop being
so negative because that isn't helping the
situation at all. It's going to make you
depressed and isn't going to help your
daughter with the support she needs. He
needs to change his attitude right here
and now.
Trust the therapist. They don't know
EVERYTHING because every child is
different, but they are WAY more
experienced than your husband and they
know what they are doing. They deal with
these situations every day. Worrying
about what things were like before and
what you did or did not do in the past
isn't going to change what is happening
now or the way she is now.
The important thing is that she is on her
way to a better life by getting this
therapy, and that she has two loving
parents who are going to be of one mind
with the therapist and who are going to
work together to get her speaking
normally.
My best wishes for your success.
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kchoops
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Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 1
request for annasmama Posted: 09-18-08 16:26pm
Hi annasmama - I just saw your post from
March while I was google-ing information
about speech delays. I couldn't believe
it when I read it because the description
of your child at 25 months fits our
current 25 month old son to a T. I was
wondering how the speech therapy has
helped your daughter and if she has
improved much since March. I'm very
anxious about our son's delay and in the
process of finding a speech therapist.
I've read about something called apraxia
of speech which somewhat fits what we're
seeing with him, but have not had that
confirmed. I would love to hear an update
from you. Thanks so much.
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hrey
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Joined: 24 Sep 2008 Posts: 1
Add another one... Posted: 09-24-08 20:11pm
kchoops-
Your message could be my message. I was
searching for information on speech delays
for my 27 month old. I keep finding
information on how many words is normal,
but what I am concerned with is his effort
to talk and lack of ability to form
words.
My son will look at you and "say"
something in long sentence form and wait
for you to answer. It is if he thinks he
is talking just fine. We had his hearing
tested and he is otherwise healthy. He
still mainly babbles. Lots of people say
to not worry as he is a boy and has an
older *chatty* sister and he delay is
normal.
I am also considering speech therapy for
him, but don't know if I should wait it
out or get him started.
If annasmama or anyone has any experience
with this, I welcome any feedback.
