My lovely fab SIL is starting to get on my nerves about my DD's speech!

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she is 2 on 1st october and can say words but the only sentences she can say is "Open the gates", "Got to shut the gates" but she mostly used single words and she signs too so i can understand her better when she is signing to me

My SIL lately is saying that my dd cannot make sentences or say the words properly as her big sister - my 7 yrs old SD - started speaking perfect as you could have a adult conversation with her and she knew her alphabet back to front and numbers up to 10. She expecting my DD to be exactly like her big sister!!

I said to Dp that all kids are different so im not worried unless she reached to age 3 and cannot use the sentences yet

You've already given her the answer. All children are different, and at the moment there's nothing at all to worry about. If she raises the subject again just tell her that you're quite happy, your dd's development is just fine, and you'd rather she didn't mention it again.

What is it with gates in your house!?

Your dd sounds absolutely fine to me. Just ignore the comments.

One of my favourite film quotes (which I should have put on film quote thread) is "I'm sorry, you're mumbling and I cannot understand a word you say" - Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. I would say this in my head every time your SIL came out with this stuff. Concentrate on her fab points instead.

She's not even two yet! Don't worry about her. And tell SIL to boil her head if she harps on about it again

all children are different

I have the opposite problem in that my DS (4 1/2) is having speech therapy & his 2 yr old sister can pronounce letters far better than him

I guess if we;d had them the other way round it would be more noticeable

I would say 2 is too young to worry BUT if you are, speak to your HV to get things moving

thank you as i feel better now..as Dp is calling me paranoid-er and hes not worried either

RANT is over now!