Delayed speech 3yo

[pinkandblueflowers]

Just wondered has anyone had experience of this and did it turn out ok for example what age? Here's the story

My son will be 3 at end of March and he's my oldest. He has lots of words but no 2 word sentences. He says small ones like

Oh no
Bye bye

But that's about it and other random one words he says when he wants to and the rest of the talk is gibberish

He goes to nursery every morning fir 3 hours and has done since September. His eye contact wasn't great but is getting much better which people are commenting on

His pretend play isn't fab as he's a very logical child which apparently is exactly how I was at his age however he is getting better.

Nursery tell me he copies words they use sometimes

He has been seeing SALT since September and she's coming again soon so hopefully she will see an improvement

He deffo has wonderful understanding and his general hearing has been checked fine but I've pushed him for further in-depth hearing tests just to be on the safe side and he has a man assessment in 2 weeks

I guess I'm just worried as I want him to be on track for when he starts school in September 2021

I have 5 children, two spoke really early, ie. started saying two words together around 12 months. The other three were "late talkers". One was virtually mute until gone three years old as her elder sister did all the talking for her, one was so-so but spoke very little, my last chatted away but giberish all the time until he started nursery at 3 and a half. He would just get aggrevated and scream loudly as he was unable to tell me what was wrong. I used to dread what sort of teen he would become, but as his speech gradually improved, so did his temperament. He did well at school, (as did the others) and he is currently at university. Don't worry too much OP, all children are different in their development.

@Annamaywong25 thanks for your reply. Did any of your 3 get speech therapy? Also the youngest child did they catch up in time for school

Please consult a developmental pediatrician and express your concerns about speech delay. Early diagnosis and intervention are quite effective in speech acquisition. Keep notes if your kid is using only echolalia or novel phrases with imitation, what is the pace at which he is learning, and other behaviors.
I have a child with a speech delay. Learn more about types of speech learners here, it will give you some perspective.

www.musingsandreviews.com/blog/special-needs/two-primary-language-acquisition-styles/

Wish you the best.

@pinkandblueflowers Only my youngest was referred to speech therapy which helped a little. He'd caught up by the time he went into reception class. When in nursery the staff taught him that instead of screaming when in difficulty he should say "I need help". From then on when at home I would hear "I need help!! ...."I need heeeelp!!!" but it was much preferable to the screaming

My youngest had glue ear and S&L used to visit her in nursery. She's in reception now and she said says words mixed a little bit but hardly at all now but it didn't effect her learning at all. She is doing very and the school was she's really good with her numbers and letters etc. The teachers in reception help her with some speech activities but otherwise her speech caught just fine. I know one boy who had to go to a centre one day a week instead of school for a month's as you couldn't understand anything but he also improved really fast.

@lyssie29 when did she start speaking properly in sentences? My boy is almost 3 and still doesn't put together 2 words

@pinkandblueflowers I think it was probably around 3 but you couldn't understand anything she was saying even probably up to when she turned 4. She did slowly improve once she was around other children though. S&L told me because she understood things and was getting on fine in her learning that she just needed a little extra time and it's very common. The teachers also helped her alot. They have programs in place for them and I can only really say for my daughter and my friend's son but they both came on leaps and bounds pretty steadily. Shes in reception now and still gets some S&L help as sometimes she just pronounces words wrong.

@Mummyorch this one

@pinkandblueflowers brill will have a read!