I’m new to this forum but have been a silent reader for quite sometime now. I’m a mother of an almost 3 year old, she will be 3 in Sept Inshallah but she is not talking in full sentences yet. She talks in her baby language a lot and can tell us what she wants by using simple words but she is far from using full sentences. I had her evaluated by early intervention and they did say she has a speech delay and we put her in speech therapy a little after she turned two. The progress is definitely there but I just can’t help but get worried I really want her to start talking soon. Has anyone else experienced anything similar with their child? I know every child is different and they learn at their own pace just wanted to see if anyone else was/is in the same boat as me.
I don’t have personal experience with this, but the fact that you’re seeing progress seems to be a good sign. IA things will click for her soon, and she’ll be chattering away!
I have seen kids with speech delay of relatives and they just caught up around the age of four. Keep up with the speech therapy, encourage playdates with other kids and playgroups. Even library trips help. She will catch up eventually. I PROMISE!!! Is she in a preschool. Talk to your early intervention therapist or speech therapist because your public schools offer programs for kids in pre k with speech delays. Those really help!!!
My eldest didn’t start talking until he was four!!!
We were worried sick, especially when on a visit to Pak, someone suggested us to see an audiologist, who declared him ‘partial deaf since birth’ and recommended hearing aid. I just couldn’t believe it. And thankfully on our return to EU, our doctor reassured us by running a series of detailed tests etc. Alhamdulillah he started talking when Allah miaN had actually planned. Now I have a hard time, deciding who is the bigger chatter box; him or his youngest sister.
I guess your daughter is the eldest?? I could be wrong. But mostly its the first borns who happen to have delayed speech. Its good that you are seeing progress. Just hang in there.
Thanks for the reassurance guys I keep hearing that she will talk but it’s the mother in me that’s just being impatient.
She is my first born and we don’t have any family/friends with kids her age either. I do make an effort to take her on play dates so she can interact with other kids but that only happens once or twice a week. We incorporated everything the speech therapist suggested but at times her and I both get frustrated when I can’t understand what she wants.
Afia did your son start talking on his own or did you also see a therapist?
We are actually paying for a private therapist because we can’t make time for the ones offered by the community since they are only available during working hours on weekdays which doesn’t work for us due to our working schedules. Its getting a bit expensive for us now and now we are on the fence whether to just suck it up and continue or stop the therapy and work with her the way the therapist does - suggestions??
Op we are in the same boat i have a toddler who will be turning 3 soon and he doesn’t make full sentences either. At his 2-year checkup, he knew a lot of words so the doc didn’t get him in speech therapy…since thn he has added a lot to his vocabulary, but no complete sentences he will put two word to three words together for ex: big blue car…or big milk bottle. We are starting him in a daycare in June and hoping that will help him (actually even the doc. said that will force him to speak since the other kids will be asking him questions like “want to play with me,”) Inshallah we will see progress. If not we will start him with speech therapy once he turns 3. I would suggust you take your LO to daycare for part time programs…will give him/her time with other kids and inshallah will improve his speech too.
Rabia its nice to know i’m not alone in this because whenever i see people with toddlers they are always chatting away and I feel like i’m the only one in this. I hope your day care experience goes well because mine was horrible. i also put her in daycare part time but it was such a traumatic experience that we decided to pull her out after 3 weeks! I know it’s supposed to take time for the kids to settle in but it only kept getting worst as the days passed. She used to put up a fight just to get dressed every morning, also at daycare she hardly played with other kids and kept to herself and I noticed a huge change in her behavior she became so quiet and not herself at home - so we decided to pull her out
Is she your first born? First borns are usually like that, and being fist time parents, we usually tend to be over sensitive to any thing that we feel is out of the ordinary. Our first born son was also just babbling till 3 and a half, but now at 4+, he chatters away all day. Our second born daughter who is just over 1.25 years seems to be well ahead of where my son was at the same age. Seemingly it as a lot to do with company a kid has. If he has other kids around him, he finds it much easier to learn and pick up things than when being around adults. This is not to say that speech delay is not an actual problem though.
My daughter is above 3 n she also got speech delay. She has just started doing babbling n very limited vocubalary . Observe n discuss wth your therapist n make sure whtever they are doing at therapy center you do the same at home. Enroll her in nursary it will HELP her lot. Dont worry n be patient minimum it Takes on average 2 years of therapy till your kid become fluent. N speech delay is becomming very common mostly bc of lack of exposure.
my daughter talked very little until she started pre-nursery… now she’s chatting away ALL the time mA. I think the social setting of communicating with kids her age made the difference.
R2R, my son didn’t see any speech therapist, neither I’d his doctor recommended. He just started on his own. I see it more encouraging fir you that your daughter is at least talking a few words if not complete sentences yet. My son started his 2-3 words at the age of four!
I was/am in the same boat like you. my daughter has very small vocabulary until 3, until we visited Pakistan and observe children of her age. on our trip back, we decided to put her in pre school, of the same reason like you. she is our only kid, and we have less interaction with families that have kids especially of her age plus the weather here in Calgary wont allow us to arrange more playdates. we did her speech assessment which says that there is delay, we put her in specialised school , and in less than a year there is lot much improvement… though she is still lagging behind kids of her age… but there IS improvement for sure. and like you do… I was worried about her too… put her in some pre-school… especially specialised ones..discuss things with teacher.. and inshallah she would be cahtter box
I am from Calgary, alberta. so I assume systems are pretty much the same. First thing search SPECIALISED schools near your area, they are really good at it! and meanwhile do her speech assessment done first.. my suggestion is go for private (check your insurance company coverage- if you have any insurance policy) bcoz govt’s wait time is too long. and if you get it done by the school you intend to put your daughter in, it gives her more chances to get in. get this done in summer vacations time nad get her into sep school session. and inshallah in an year you will see LOTTTTT much difference
Now I have a hard time, deciding who is the bigger chatter box; him or his youngest sister.
I keep hearing that she will talk but it’s the mother in me that’s just being impatient.
i have a toddler who will be turning 3 soon and he doesn’t make full sentences either. At his 2-year checkup, he knew a lot of words so the doc didn’t get him in speech therapy…since thn he has added a lot to his vocabulary, but no complete sentences