Speach delay pluss drama gene. HELP!

[mummyloveslucy]

My Daughter was the most plasid baby you could ever meet, so happy and content and now she's 2.5 and has a speach delay she gets so frustrated over the tiniest things. She is also a real drama queen (like her father) which dosn't help. Usually she is very happy and plays with other children very well. She dosn't show any physical agreshion at all. Even if a child pushed her, she might cry but would never push them back. It's not in her nature. She just gets so frustrated. Will she loose the tantrums as her speach improves? how do we deal with this and how can we improve her speach? we always read, sing with her. Any advice welcomed.

hi your daghter could ell be my ds if you know what i mean lol

he is 2.6 i read to him play games with him play do seems to be a good one naming the animal cutters we paint he knows colours and animals but no sentences spoke no 2 or 3 words put together it is so frustrating for him and for me

i dont want him to stay to far behind others his age we have been refered to salt and also have been told about a group called snap its special needs and parents theyy deal with speech delays also so will enroll in that

just keep doing what your doing i always wonder if its something i've done wrong and really want to fix it over night but i know it wont be that simple just praise her when she attempts to say word then repeat it the correct way back but always encourage dont say when word is wrond say good try then say the word the right way again

if you havent already taken her to gp do so they can refer her to salt good luck

Thanks for the advice, I hadn't heard of salt before. I am willing to try anything to help her so I'll speak to my GP. I will also look up snap. Thank You

if you see your gp they should refer her straight away but you may have a wait on speech and language list as i have had to wait 6 mths for my ds i went to gp before he was 2 he had hearing checked all appears ok and i'm hoping he will start responding well with therapy

but also i'll take him to snap as they help with sign and speech i just bought my son sign dvd off e bay makaton signs so hoping this will help also as i can do this with him and it should help with communication frustration

also i drew simple things on card as to what he struggles to ask me then he can point to card and show me what he wants good luck xx

not sure of other advise to give as my son may be different to your dd but if he wants things now like more juice i encourage him to say more he does this now and if he needs help i encourage him to say help he now does this so gradually he is picking up words he needs but i woud jsut so love him to wake up talking but hey it wouldnt be him other wise and he is perfect the way he is just needs a bit of fine tuning lol

i've just been given some advise on another thread about giving ds eye q capsules amega 3 as it contains fatty acids good for them so i'm going to give that a try also

Thanks bubblagirl, I've heard of macaton being used for speach delay but wouldn't that be more confusing? also Lucy goes to nursery and wouldn't be able to use macaton there. Do they use other ways of encoraging speach?. Have you tried the IQ yet with your son? I tried one olmega 3 boots own and it was disgusting. It tasted like orange flavoured fish, so of course she wouldn't take it. Please let me know if IQ is better.

i havent tried it but i will do, macaton is supposed to be good as it uses speech as well as sign so they have to say word as well as sign it i've heard this is supposed to be great as at least there communication levels with you go up as well as learning to speak

let me know how your dd gets on and i'll keep you informed with ds and if get advise from speech therapist i'll let you know i've got good advise on my thread i started so maybe just have a browse and see if any advise would benifit you xx

oh i have been told to offer choices not question so would you like apple or banana oh you have lovely babana etc repetitiveness seems to be the key milk or juice oh you chose milk yummy milk its all white or along them lines i'm sure you get the idea but apparently this is great for them

mummyloveslucy - what I sometimes do is get the Haliborange omega 3 capsules and squeeze them into DS orange juice. He doesn't seem to mind too much. Or I give DS omega 3 spread or yoghurt drinks.