Having a toddler with delayed speech

[MAnU12]

Anyone else ? Just feel a bit lonely especially when I take him to nursery and see other kids his age speaking clearly etc

and he’s trying so hard and we’re doing everything! He doesn’t need a SALT referral nursery said. His understanding has always been outstanding it’s just his speech is slow and he can’t say many proper words people still can’t really understand him and he’s 3 very soon

it makes me feel like I’m failing ? I don’t know I just feel so guilty and think did I cause him to be slightly behind on speech. I read to him chat constantly he never watched any telly until now really as he’s gotten older

so I don’t know

Unsure if this is right thread just hoping I can reach out and see if anyone feels same

Honestly the only thing salt would do at this age is tell you to speak loads and repeat stiff back to him so he learns. Would I be worth teaching some sign so he can get his needs met? Its worth getting a referral for salt anyways as the waiting list is a mile long. Took nearly a year for my wee ones to go through. Also get his hearing checked.

It's not your fault at all sometimes this happens I've two slow speakers. One is now 7 and still hard to understand but getting there talks your ear off so it's not knocked his confidence. And one is only 20 months but one word so far and has glue ear so we'll see how that works out.

My daughter had a speech delay and yes it was disheartening. We used makaton to help us communicate , and she's now a teenager and doesn't shut up . Learning makaton made life a lot easier

Don't compare to others . My daughter is autistic , with a processing disorder so she's always been behind , but she's happy .

To be honest Asperger’s is something that’s been on my mind as a whole. My younger sister has it , didn’t get diagnosed until she was 14 but it brought so much clarity when she was. She was delayed speech, a ‘shy’ (don’t really like that word) kid etc

my son is kind of stand offish with other people but again. A normal toddler trait so I never know. Nursery haven’t raised concerns , he’s been going for a while though so he is comfortable with the kids and people he knows

sensory stuff has been on my mind. He doesn’t really like music. Asks me to turn it off and sometimes he gets worked up about it. Doesn’t like ‘dirty ‘ hands etc.

so there’s some traits alongside the speech that I’ve been keeping an eye on but he’s young so I know it’ll be dismissed until he’s older

Sign/makaton may help thank you :) it does make you feel down doesn’t it. When I’m at nursery pickup and a mums like oh my little boy chats about yours loads he loves playing with him! And my heart aches as my little boy can barely say their child’s name and I think have I failed him

Yes it does get you down . I was told by a professional she will never talk. Honestly the tears I had over that . She does talk and is currently in second year of high school.

If you have concerns speak to your GP.

Something Special (not sure if it's still on , by daughter is 13 ) , with Mr Tumble helped . We had signs for eating , drinking and wanting to go the toilet , you do the sign and say the word and it becomes every day thing for us . Also helped with her frustration. She had speech therapy and was signed off from that in Year 2 . She's started in Nursery.

@MAnU12 Hello, some update?