Hi,
I have twin daughters, 3 years old. DD1 is starting to speak. Saying small sentences and pointing at things she wants and says no when she doesn’t want something. She is naughty at times but nothing too bad. So I’m not worried about her but DD2 on the other hand is not talking. She will sing rhymes while playing on her own but very rarely calls us mummy or daddy. I mean very very rarely like once in 2 to 3 weeks.
She prefers to play alone and gets very upset when her sister tries to play with her. She doesn’t like to be bothered. When she gets interrupted she cries a lot. As her sister keeps interrupting her, she is crying most of the day, everyday.
When she needs something, say a toy on the floor, she would grab my hand, make me get up from the sofa and walk me to the toy and put my hand on the toy. Literally, she would touch the toy in the process but she wouldn’t ask me for it or point at it.
DD2 is only 15mins younger to her sister and has received exactly the same care, attention, food, environment etc.., but I see a significant difference in her development. They both went to an all-day nursery for 2 months. That didn’t make any difference in DD2. I’m waiting for a specialist appointment. In the meantime, I thought of asking you lovely people, what more I can do to make her speak and make her engage with with her sister and us? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.