Will he speak

[highschoolneverends]

I'm prob way paranoid but my boy is almost 3 but only has about 30 or so random words that be uses and u can't really have a chat with him

Nursery are great with him as is the SALT he sees and his understanding is great and I do often hear of kids starting to talk at 3 or later including family members in the past and also ransoms online but despite this I still worry

I know he can talk as he does say words as above so hopefully it'll come with time? I'm just impatient. He's the older child with a young baby brother

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Mine wasn't using full sentences and able to have a conversation until gone 3. He is youngest and also bilingual. It happened pretty quickly if I remember being at daycare helped

@NoKnit thank u that helps to hear. My son has been in day care 15 hours a week since September

Fully proper able to hold a decent conversation was probably closer to 4.

My eldest had severe speech delay at the age of 3 he had the vocabulary of a 18 month old, he's now 11 and he talks crystal clear and holds conversations well. He could read before he could speak. We went through 2 years of speech therapy and by the time he left infant school he was talking very clear. We did target word/makaton and the usual speech therapy

@Aghhhhhhhhhh that's interesting to hear your story. Did he just wake up and start speaking in the end? How was he with speech when he started primary school age 4/5?

@highschoolneverends no it wasn't quite as instantaneous as that it was more of a gradual thing, he was pretty much non verbal when he started in reception but by the time he left year 2 he was talking clearly and it's only gotten better and now at the age of 11 he never ever shuts up like ever! Genuinely think he's either making up for lost time or he's in love with the sound of his voice 😂 your kiddo will get there as well, I will say though it can be a sign of autism it's only now that my lads been put on the waiting list for testing. Please don't worry it will happen and then you'll be over the moon and then a few years will pass and you'll miss the silence 😂

@Aghhhhhhhhhh thanks for reassuring me and u said he was fine by end of year 2. So is that age 6/7? If he didn't say much starting reception what happened at school? Did he have a special teacher? How did he communicate with teacher/friends? Abs yes I know it can be a sign of autism

@highschoolneverends no he didn't have a special teacher, he didn't need one, he could understand everything he just couldn't speak, he never got a speaking part in plays etc until he was in juniors and we got a weekly set of simple words to practice and he would manage them so it helped his speech that way as well as spelling. He's a mini genius (I don't mean to brag but he really is) now he could read before he could speak and he's so fast at maths questions and is so interested in various other subjects. He would babble if that makes sense? His friends knew him enough to understand which may not make sense now but it will do :) same for teachers. Yeah 6/7 but he was talking better by year 1 and clearer by year 2 and then perfectly by year 3. He was never bullied for it either at infant age they just get on with it and are more accepting.
Schools will engage with the speech therapist and they will have 1 on 1 sessions every week/fortnight/month dependant on needs whilst in school hours, you'll be invited to them as well, you'll have regular speech therapy outside of school as well and chance to go on courses like target word and makaton signing (watch something special (Mr tumble) it's all makaton on there) there's courses called tiny talk which will be benefitial to you - they wasn't a thing when my lad was little so we didn't do them, but they do cost the parent. Please don't fret, I understand how concerning it is but it is incredibly rare that a child is non verbal for life.
I found reading lots of reading to my lad helped him grasp more of an understanding of words and that had many benefits as now he's still a bookworm and spends hours with his nose in a book and has language skills above his age (ironic eh 😂) and singing and lots of talking even about the most mundane tasks your doing 'look mummy is wiping the table' etc and word flash cards but don't focus on getting him/her to speak the word, focus on the picture under the word so they know for example to point at the dog, that will be helping them to recognise a picture associated with a word. Start small and add more as they learn. X

@Aghhhhhhhhhh my son babbles non stop he has his own little language

@Aghhhhhhhhhh hope u are well I just have another query if that's ok. So I keep reading that lack of eye contact can be linked to autism and my SALT did pick up that my sons eye contact isn't great but she also said it's better last time she saw him and nursery have commented it's better also so do I need to worry do u think based on that?

@highschoolneverends hiya I'm ok thank you. I honestly don't think it's worth worrying about, as it doesn't change who he is regardless of if he has autism or not, I don't believe I ever had that issue with my lad, he doesn't give eye contact often now to me but that's because hes 11 and to absorbed in whatever phase is on YouTube these days and back chatting because puberty 😂
I think if nursery/SALT have mentioned it's getting better than that is a good sign. Have you had his hearing checked? He could have glue ear which affects speech. X

@Aghhhhhhhhhh I have had his cheating checked at the gp which was fine but I've had him referred for further tests at the hospital, for hearing, not that I'm worried but doctor said they're tests are obviously more in depth/better so it's better to rule it out. Also he's always playing with his ear which could be nothing bye who knows

@highschoolneverends you sound like you're maybe suffering from a bit of anxiety relating to your little one.

My son is 2.5 yrs and he has delayed speech. I understand how hard it is when you see other children their age or younger talking kids and having full conversations! Feel it's me who isn't doing enough. My health visitor said due to COVID children his age are struggling as they aren't around other children learning what they should be

My son is 2.5 yes and I'm in the same boat. He doesn't repeat words. I'm now going down the private speech road x