Is my child behind??

[twilightbaby]

I'm a little bit worried that my daughter is behind.

i moved away from all my family and friends into a new area where i don't know anyone except my husbands family so the only children she plays with are hubby's nephews sometimes.

But the older sister in law for some reason always indirectly asks why she isn't talking, or actually gets her kids to ask me:
"why doesn't she talk?" and another time her child asked me "why is her head so big?" and then when over hearing this my sis in law deliberately asked me "what did she ask you?" and then when i told her "your Daughter asked why my baby's head is big"...she then replied "yes ..so why is her head so big? So i try to avoid her as much as i can.

And then the other sis in law is lovely but her son has bad habits like spitting out food..throwing food, bites, doesn't share his toys, calls everyone dog and stupid including grandparents and parents as well as me and my daughter. So I'm mostly at home alone with her. I take her to the park more than the nursery because its always nearly empty.

i just want to get a idea if shes behind and what i could do.

Shes 2.7 months, knows all of her alphabet, can say them all and recognizes them all when not in order, but only knows the sounds of some of them.
She writes them but only by tracing over them. She can count to Ten, and recognizes numbers to Ten and is starting now to trace over them too. She knows the basic colours, knows alot of the farm animals, jungle animals and bugs.
She knows nearly all of the sounds that all the animals make and if they dont have a sound like a ant she'll do a little crawling motions with her fingers or will invent a sound or motion. She loves loves reading and is forever bringing her books to me for me to read them to her. She even asks me where the cloud is or where the hippo is, as i always ask her. She only knows a few of her shapes. Knows different body parts. Shes got good playing skills, will share toys. physically shes great, very strong...does zumba with me tries to copies what i do, even squats lunges :] so funny watching her! Shes getting better at following instructions. Brushes her teeth.

Now the things she cant do...dress herself..she does try bless her!
She cant pronounce some words properly...like sheep...says beep.
She can say S and make the sound of it but cant say her s' in words. Or words like elephant...says eltent! Her pronunciation isnt good which im very worried about!
She isn't potty trained yet but im on it. She wants to go on the toilet after shes finished doing her business in her nappy! shes only forming two word sentences ("mummy go" "daddy work" "look car"( rather than 3. She feeds herself but very messy ..drinks fine out of cups. Shes a little or tiny bit rebellious...which probably is normal and i guess ok as generally shes a warm loving little girl land loves giving and receiving long cuddles and lots of kisses. And shes not afraid of strangers ..is very friendly and sociable.

Is there anything that she should be doing that she already isnt?
And does she need speech therapy?

Would be very grateful for tips and advise.
Thank You.

Sounds normal to me. My DD is 2.7 months and doesn't know the alphabet and is nowhere near knowing it, counting is hit and miss and as for writing? We scribble and that's it.
We are getting there with colours.

But she is speaking 6 or 7 words in a sentence and is toilet trained. They are get on at different rates for different things IMO.

No it's normal ignore husband family you have a very bright little girl and all children develop at their own rate

I think she sounds bright, and ahead I what she knows, but a bit behind in her speech. probably as happies says they just work on areas at different rates.
the website Talking Point is v useful for what is normal speech development at different ages and how to help.

She sounds perfectly fine & lovely.

I would model good behaviour & avoid both Sils like the plague

I assume she's your only child?

Sounds reasonable to me too, and I was a TA in primary schools for twenty years, including working with nursery children.

Knowing letter sounds and numbers is not that important, and I wouldn't bother about tracing over letters and numbers at this stage. More valuable that she has paper and crayons or pencils and does her own mark-making. Doesn't even need to represent anything, so don't quiz her what it is, or say it's not the right colour. DOING creative things is the important part, and let her be in charge.

Get her child-friendly scissors, and let her cut up magazines or leaflets, and then stick the results into scrap book or on plain paper. Construction toys are good, Duplo or Lego, but again, let her create and don't worry about what the thing is supposed to be.

Don't fret about little speech details: children only hear some of the sounds in a words, and latch on to what sounds a near match for them; proper pronunciation will come with maturity. As long as you speak clearly and correctly, in good, varied sentences, then she will acquire that in due course. Some parents only 'grunt' or swear at their kids, hence they grow up unable to form sentences; then teachers have to try and teach them to read, and in due course get them through GCSEs!

Don't have TV or radio on all day, have a quiet, relaxed environment so she can hear you, and you can hear her. Just enjoy her, and all the new and exciting things she is discovering and learning; encourage, but don't push her.

What I know is two word sentences at 2 is normal. I have personally spoke to a speech therapist and she said one word for every year. So she's two so 2 word sentences are fine don't feel that way she's fine.

@happiest ..6 7 word sentences is amazing!
But your right they travel at different speeds at different things.

But we had her development review recently and lady there has asked me to come back in 3months for another review for her ..speech especially.

Thank You Bakingtins will definitely cheak out that website!

Ferguson...that's great advise.
She plays with building blocks and has crayons and markers but i must admit i haven't really introduced her to more creative things like paint and using scissors! will definitely implement that. And oh how she knows how to be in charge!
But the other thing that came up in her report was her letter sounds?
I should get her up to speed with them before she starts nursery right?

...yeah shes my only child.

thank you Bakeryqueen!

jellybean...that's clarifying, thanks. When she hits 3 i'll start worrying if shes still not making 3 word sentences, hopefully she will.

Ferguson

I do quiz/ask her alot actually, but i think thats helped her and thats why she knows alot of things that iv taught her? I guess i just teach that way, i dont no any other way? Is there a another method that would be better for her?

But i never tell her "thats wrong" but correct her instead.

Thanks :]

At her 2 year check, she was just starting to put 2 words together, but very rarely. Speech came all of a sudden in the past couple of months.