Question by Henry: Why doesn’t my two year old talk?
My little two year old is genetically normal, has no “syndromes” or “impairments” hearing or mental. She has been tested for hearing capabilities and hears fine, however, she is not saying actual words. She spoke in one words at around 18 months, said “Mama” “Dada” “baba” etc, but doesn’t really say any real words now. She has been tested by a speech therapy center, and they say she has a expressive language delay she also have a few fine motor delays, but nothing serious. This means she hears, and understands well, but can not “express” it in words. Now we are going to be having someone come to the house to give speech therapy…but I am not sure how it will help. My wife and I have done almost everything possible to get her to speak, but all she does is “babble sentences.” Would you put any faith in a speech therapist, that she will actually help our child talk?
My daughter was recommended to see a speech therapist by our dr./pediatrician. She has no isues with gross motor skills, she is advanced in , those such as running, jumping, climbing.
My daughter has a couple close little pals that she see/plays with regularly, but she tends to like older children, because of their activity level, she is pretty advanced physically.
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Answer by julie s
shes 2… not 20… give her time… she will start to speak when shes ready to.
my niece is the same way, and around 3 she just started talking abd talking and now we cant shut her up hahah.
so jsut give it time, some kids learn slower then others…
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Speech therapists can do AMAZING things. I have a few students who go to speech pathologists/therapists every year and I have seen huge improvements in their vocabulary, pronunciation and overall language development.
One of my best friends started sending her daughter to a speech pat. a few years ago, as at the age of 3 she only had a vocabulary of about 25 words and wasn’t speaking in sentences. She understood what others around her were saying, but she just never really spoke. After 6 months her speaking skills, oral comprehension skills, and even literacy skills were almost at her normal developmental level.
It can be hard to understand how a speech therapist can help, especially if you’ve never seen their practices or witnessed their training. But at the same time, you probably don’t understand how occupational therapists practice/train but if your daughter needed help with gross motor skills you would still need to send her. You and your husband have more than likely put in excellent effort and done all you can. Every now and then there are children who are going to learn or develop differently from other children – which is fine. Involving a professional will enable your daughter to have that one-on-one time with someone who is trained to help.
I recommend you to show child to a doctor. However, there is nothing to panic. I know lost of people who started to speak at 3 and some even at 4. Since your child says “mama,dada” etc. it shows that she doesn’t have a problem with her speech center. One of my cousins had the same problem and doctor suggested his parents to let him watch lots of cartoons. The reason was as he hears more, it is easier to repeat and simply start talking.
As a parent, you will do anything, even if there is only a small chance, to help your child achieve a goal or overcome something. It’s worth a shot to give speech therapy a try. But remember, every kid talks at different ages than other kids. There’s no rule saying she has to talk, especially in complete sentences, by age 3.
My parental advice when helping your little one talk better.. don’t push her! Help her out, but don’t push/force the words to come out. And try not to get frustrated with her. If she sees that you are frustrated, then chances are it will make her frustrated and she could want to give up trying to talk better/more. But like I said, it can’t hurt anything to bring in a speech therapist to help her out.
Also, just curious, is she around other children her age? Being around other kids can really make a difference when it comes to a child developing more skills. Kids learn better off of other kids.
Well all I can say is this:
My cousin has a son who, like yours, wasn’t speaking at that age. You couldn’t understand him and he would have tantrums as a result. He just couldn’t express what he wanted to. A lot of my family thought he was unintelligent, or that there was something else wrong with him. But I kept encouraging my cousin to just have patience and he will figure it out one day. I could tell that he did understand what was going on, He just couldn’t get it from his mind out of his mouth, if that makes sense. They had him see a speech therapist but not for long, because he would have those tantrums so they took him out.
He is now 3 and speaks in full sentences.
He just one day started talking. Just…saying what he wanted to say.
And although it’s not talked about much, there are plenty of children who go from not talking to just…talking. Just straight talking.
So I guess what I’m saying is – give it time. It’s frustrating, it’s hard when you see other kids speaking (but don’t be! There’s plenty that your child can do! Every child is born with gifts, they just unwrap each one at different times!) and it’s tiring. But hang in there! She will be fine!
Until then, focus on what she can do and what she likes to do. Does she like to paint? Does she like to go bug exploring? Does she like magnets or legos? Just focus on whatever it is that she likes. It will all fall into place.
A therapist can help.Maybe she just doesn’t have anything to say yet.I’ll bet that when she starts she’ll wear out your ears.