I can't take anymore repetition!

[BonesyBones]

DS2 is almost two and a half, he doesn't really talk much. He doesn't understand anything really apart from about three words. Has no idea what "come here" or "sit down" means for example.

What he does do, is repeat the tone of absolutely everything, continuously, until you acknowledge that you know what he is "saying", and then it all starts again.

So for example there's a song he likes at the end of an episode of jake and the neverland pirates. The song starts "remember the time we met captain hook". DS then runs around shouting "buhbuhbuh buh buh bee buh buhbuh cook" in perfect tone of how the song goes, repeatedly, until I or DP repeats it back to him, and then the cycle starts again.

He does it with speech too, not just song so "time to go" becomes "bam a go" in the exact same tone, but he has no idea what it means anyway he's just repeating the sound.

It's driving me up the wall! It was cute at first, but now, three months in, I can't take it anymore. There are only so many times I can confirm that I do in fact know what it is he's repeating back to me. Also 37 weeks pregnant so not dealing with irritation well anyway.

He has his first speech and language therapy appointment coming up soon but in the mean time I'm really not sure how to handle it. If I just ignore it he carries on and on for hours, if I try to distract him from it he won't do anything else until his thing has been repeated. Then it still carries on while we do/play something else.

Ugh. I'm so fed up of it and everything else does anyone have any ideas to make it stop?

It does sound rather wearing.
Has his hearing been tested?
Do you think it could be more than a speech issue e.g special needs of some kind? If it's his understanding as well as speech. Have you asked for a paediatrics referall?
You may get some good advice in the SEN board.
💐💐💐💐 does he go to nursery so you can get a little break from it?

He has had his hearing tested, all fine. We know there are other issues, he's been assessed for autism and all but had it confirmed (because of his age they're holding out a bit, which is fine) he's seen all the different professionals along the way, speech and language has taken the longest at 8 weeks waiting time.

The autism assessment centre pushed through his nursery application in the hope that he would make progress by watching the other children, he's been there since the end of September now, with lots of positives, but it hasn't improved his speech or understanding any.

In the nicest possible way, this is how children learn to talk. He is trying to initiate a conversation with you, even if he is not saying it right you can't just ignore him. You just repeat it back the correct way and eventually he'll get it. I know it gets wearing as my toddler repeats the same noises over and over again all day every day and points at the same pictures in her favourite book all day, but that is how they learn

I know the repetition is wearing, Christ I know but it is positive that he's initiating that communication and creating the sounds of a sentence. I guess maybe try to focus on how this is how he is learning, and a necessary part of it for him to progress. Even though I feel your frustration and you feel he does not understand the meaning of the words, that will come, he just needs to do this bit to get there. Hugs though especially if you're pregnant, you must be exhausted.