Some of you - jimjams... coppertop etc... might remember me. I posted when ds2 was 9 months old and I started the "Quiet Baby" thread almost 2 years ago and in the middle of a very long night for me... not sure how to make the link back (anyone?).... but found it just now (how worried was I????!) I was worried sick about ds2 and the fact he made no sounds at all. He was 9 months then. He is now 2 years 9 months. My instinct was right - he has a 'moderate speech delay' diagnosed at 2.
I have been on the wait list for speech therapy since he turned 2. Still nothing. Just wanted your opinion - he had a vast vocab now and strings sentences together BUT it is SO hard to understand - kind of muffled with loads of sounds missing and with small words/pronouns missing (i.e. 'the', 'a' etc)..... I reckon I understand him 50% of the time. A stranger would understand him 20% of the time. Can a 2.9 year old child's speech become clear on its own without therapy? What if his speech hasn't caught up by school age?
By the way.... despite all the worry with ds2 we went on to have ds3 who is now 9 months old, as bright as a button and NOT a quiet baby ... belated congrats to jimjams for ds3 too!!!
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Speech Delay at 2.9 years (anyone remember the 'quiet baby' thread?)
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Bornworrier · 05/04/2006 20:36
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