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At what point do I worry about mispronounced letters?

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Smithagain · 29/01/2009 22:00

DD2 is 3.5.

She can't say "l" or "r" - both come out as "y". "ch" comes out as "ts". "th" comes out as "f". I'm sure there are others, but those are the most obvious ones. And her name begins with L and has a R in it, so it's really obvious!

I'm kind of assuming it's all normal and she'll grow out of it, but I am now beginning to wonder at what point I should stop making that assumption. She's also beginning to learn what sounds letters make, which obviously becomes a bit complicated when several of them sound the same to her!!

Any SALTs or otherwise knowledgeable people out there?

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Desiderata · 29/01/2009 22:01

She'll grow out of it.

It's more normal than not.

Smithagain · 29/01/2009 22:08

Hope so!

Think I'm suffering from having had a very articulate firstborn. But don't want to blithely assume it's all OK if I should be worrying

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