How on earth should I deal with this situation ?

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi, my daughter is 3.7 and has a speech disorder, she had a little friend from nursery around to play today. She's just moved in down the road from us, and they are in the same class.
The little girl is lovely and they play very well together, although she can be quite bossy asertive at times.
Anyway, the little girl said to me "Can you tie this ribbon?" and my daughter coppied what she'd said, but it came out as "can woo tay wis wipon" The little girl then said in a sharp tone "No L, can you tie this ribbon ri- bbon" my daughter then tried to repeat ribbon and the little girl took a deep breath, so I quickly said "who'd like a drink?"
When I was making the drinks, my daughter came up to me and said "S can talk properly". I felt so for her, and I said "So can you, you talk beautifully" and she said "thank you Mummy" but sounded a bit sad. This is so awkward as the little girl wasn't being nasty in any way, she probubly thought she was helping. If anything like this happens again, how should I deal with it? was distracting them a good thing to do? I just didn't know what else to do.
I know I can't keep her wrapped in cotton wool, but she is very sensitve about her speech and we are trying very hard to boost her confidence at the moment.

Really feel for you.My DS (same age) has a stutter at the moment which gets worse when he is excited. None of his friends seem to have noticed at the moment but am dreading it when they do. He is a sensitive soul. Sorry not to be of any help - but will await the replies with you !

My ds1 had a moderate speech delay and was hard to understand until he started school aged just 4. He was assessed by SALT who said his sounds were immature, but should come on without therapy. Since being at school he has improved greatly.

His vocabulary and pronunciation is really coming on. Still gets tongue tied when excited though. Don't despair, she will get there as she matures and is exposed to a full time educational environment. One thing the therapist told me, was never to mimic their incorrect pronunciations ... always say it correctly. I was guilty of copying him as it sounded 'cute'. Good luck!

Thanks Mum1369.

What did the girls's mother say? If my ds had said something like that I would have explained to him the reason why your dd had said what she did.

Her Mum wasn't there. I know she would've said something to her if she was.

She's reached the age she knows that she sounds different and can't make the right sounds.

it is one thing knowing they are different yourself but another when they realise. At least your dd feels able to express it, I suspect our ds bottles it up.