Late Talker Success Stories?

[ParisJeTadore]

Yes, I would love to hear mama too!

Thank you so much for all the encouragement ladies! I can put this issue to rest for the moment and will worry about it later if I don't see any improvement in more months to come. It's nice seeing the flip side and realizing that not all kids approaching 2 are speaking 200 words I sometimes think these boards don't give an accurate picture of childhood development since often people who reply are the ones who have children who are excelling at a phenomenal rate.

 

[_jellybean_]

Yeah...one of the reasons I worried is b/c I saw so many ladies with kids younger than mine talking more (and I have two degrees in education--specializing in linguistics!). All children really are different...I'd give it more time hon!

 

[AP]

Both my kids are late bloomers. Alex only started using words properly at 4.5yrs, so things are still slow. She has autism though, so its a bit different.

Her sister doesnt and she has really come on in the last few months. Shes just turned 3. Things have definatley taken a jump and playgroup has really helped. When it comes to nursery age you will probably see a huge difference!

 

[Boo44]

I'm in exactly the same position my son is 2 next week and has a few words lots of which he learnt last year (!) that he uses all the time, but he point blank will not say a single new word! He uses only animal noises I've never heard him say an actual animal name. I contacted my HV because I was concerned at the obvious difference between him and his friends, and she has referred him for a hearing test and SALT. Not sure if this is just because I pushed it all by calling her or if she thought he was delayed too... Anyway the waiting time is 18 weeks so we'll see if he's improved by then..

I too just want to hear him say a few 'normal' words like ball or book etc

And I Second the person who said that this forum makes it worse than real life as you get lots of threads with responses from people whose toddlers are doing really great. However I have posted in the special needs section about my sons speech delay and it was really reassuring! I've also found this thread reassuring so thanks everyone