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How can I promote speech with my 12 month old DD?

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user11290 · 05/12/2024 19:36

Hi,

My DD has just turned 12 months old and although she makes sounds such as 'ba' and 'ka''pa'.

The health visitor thinks that she's a bit behind for where she should be. I feel awful about this.

How can I promote speech? I sing to her, talk to her, explain what I'm doing (changing clothes, giving bath etc) what else can I do?

Any other ideas?

Thanks

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LoremIpsumCici · 05/12/2024 22:48

Kitkat1523 · 05/12/2024 21:54

How can ‘being below average’ …be ‘normal’ …..an oxymoron if ever I heard one….how can ‘half of children’ be ‘below average’ ?….. the answer is….they are not…..your DC would have been at the lower end of normal for the 9 month ASQ3 …..there is also a 10 month ASQ3 used for 10 month olds and so on….they don’t use the same one for 9 month olds and 11 month olds…..the same ASQ tools are used nationally……think you are a little confused

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Normal is a range usually defined as two standard deviations above and below the average. Only the middle 1% of children are technically (and mathematically) average.

Not normal is usually the outliers- children more than two standard deviations above or below the average.

As you likely don’t know what a standard deviation is either, I highly recommend you take a statistics class.

thanksamillion · 05/12/2024 22:48

The BBC Tiny Happy People website has some good resources on speech and language so maybe have a look there for some activity ideas.

motleymop · 05/12/2024 22:57

I really don't think you need to feel awful about this - please don't do it to yourself. Honestly, I think it's bad that a health visitor would say such a thing at 12 months. I am sure she will get there in her own time. One of mine didn't walk while all the others in her age group were, the other was walking early and didn't talk for ages.

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Popcorn23 · 05/12/2024 23:03

ilovebagpuss · 05/12/2024 21:28

My DD was an early talker and I swear by these 2 things.
Singing the same few nursery rhymes to her over and over, only once a day but we had a little sing time so she could see my face and do actions.
Reading with her so on my knee and I would prop the little books in her hands and read the story and use her little hands to turn the pages, like she was reading. Only little baby books but easy things where you can go over words with pictures.
She loved the books they are never to young to look and hear your voice.
We had some little flip cards as well that sounds a but intense but they were just household and family pictures of things we would go through sometimes.
She's now about to do languages at Uni!
I'm sure you're doing a brilliant job and she will soon be chattering away.

I second this. Lots of reading (and quite often the same familiar rhyming books) as well as frequent nursery rhymes. My dc is a bit older than yours, so I ask them lots of questions too and give them choices.

I'm surprised at the HV, a 12 month old might know 1 word or none. Your dc seems fine - just give them time. It is remarkable how quickly they go from saying a few words to suddenly being able to verbally express themselves!

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