I have an almost 19 month old daughter who’s speech seems to be very slow. She only has a few words (bye, car, shoe, hat and quack quack) she doesn’t even really say mama, she will babble it and if I say mummy she will point at my and say mama but more labelling me than using it to get my attention. And no dada.
i go back and forwards on if I should be worried about this and not sure if I need to get a professional opinion or give her more time given how young she is. Just wondering if anyone had speech therapy this young and found it helpful?
in every other day she is developing well. Walking and running, great fine motor skills, great sleeper, great eater and good with cutlery and self feeding, very good understanding and can follow quite complex instructions, non verbal
communication is good. Her nursery have absolutely no concerns and look at me as if I’m crazy when I say I’m worried about her being behind but I worry about her falling further behind if I do nothing.
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MotherOfDragon20 · 16/05/2022 08:56
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MotherOfDragon20 · 23/06/2022 20:01
Thanks to everyone for their advice! Just a wee update…
ifs only been just over a month since this post but things have really started to
improve. In the end I did phone my HV who was very helpful but wasn’t concerned by anything I was telling her. She offered to call me back in 3 months just to check how we were doing but didn’t feel that we needed any further referrals et. at the minute. However since then my DD is really doing so well and now has about 30 words and is literally adding new words every day.
i would say she’s still a little bit slower than her peers with speech but we’re seeing so much progress that I’m really not concerned and I’m sure she will catch up!
They really so just do things in their own time!
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