DD is very nearly 4 and in recent months has started talking in quite a high pitch voice and elongating words, ie 'I can't' becomes 'I caaaan't'. At first it was quite cute but it seems to be becoming more obvious and a bit annoying! Also, she speaks with a sort of country accent that none of the rest of us have and she keeps saying words which we can't understand. The other night she seemed to be saying 'wan' which I thought could mean 'one' but it turned out (in the morning - I was too frustrated to keep trying to understand her) that she was saying 'when'. Then today she was saying 'bird' but it sounded like 'bad'.
She starts school in September and I'm worried the teacher might not understand her sometimes. She has had her hearing tested last week due to recurrent ear infections and it was ok, although her hearing varies. She is now going to have grommits fitted and possibly her adenoids out. I don't know if this may be affecting her speech. any advice greatly appreciated!