Dd told me why she doesn't talk at nursery

[Wallace]

I asked her outright, and this was her reply:

"The air in my voice machine goes down my pipes to the place where my wee-wee is made, so there is no air left in my voice machine. When all the air is gone from my voice machine, then there is no air left for my talking"

Make of that what you will

they had great times with their friends but diddnt say a word,,,i have to go offline now but if you want i will give you more details sometime tomorrow,,

dd didnt talk at nursery they used to give her lots of room to talk if she wanted too.
She finds it hard to speek to people any way until she gets used to them and sometimes talks to us so we can pass on her comments to the othe rperson (adult). I think the term is selective mute but not too sure how to handle so if you find out please let me know I shall follow this with interest

thanks almostanangel - would love to hear more

gothicmama - does your dd talk at school now? Like yours, my dd also doesn't talk to anyone she doesn't know well.

I will let you know if we get any advice on ways of dealing with it!

hi,,worse thing that happens is the other children think that your child can not talk ,,and the problem i had was when my daughter was a sked a question the other children would say ,she cant talk so it just inforced the fact and she didnt,,we moved and her teacher is great,,

One of dd's classmates heard her talking to me after nursery, and turned to her mum with a surprised expression and said "She can talk!"

Her nursery teachers are worried that not talking is a habit that she has got into, and as we all know, habits are hard to break!

Saying that though, she did actually talk today! She had painted a picture and the teacher asked what is was. The the teacher asked dd if she could whisper it to her. And this tiny little voice said "a flower" I am so happy, and the teachers were over the moon!

I'm sorry she's not talking at school and hope she decides to talk, everywhere, all the time, soon.
However I really just wanted to say that she really, truly sounds delicious, and I mean delicious. I've fallen in love with her! I don't say things like that easily, honest, but the desription of your DD and the image I have in my head...... I just love her, she's just fab.

Thanks so much Thomcat You have made me so happy...I can't describe the lovely feeling it gives me to hear someone saying such wonderful things about my dd.

I might even post a picture so everyone can see how gorgeous she is too

Ohhhhh yes please a pic would be great.

Wallace I taught a boy who didn't talk from the minute he started at the nursery at our school (aged 2.5) until he was about 7. During year 3 he started to whisper to teachers and by year 4 he was talking ... he wasn't loud or anything or naughty, but by the time he was 8.5 he was just one of the kids in class rather than 'the quiet one' ....
No one knew why he didn't talk, he just chose not to ... everyone knew he could talk ...
He could read, write, take part in things (even plays ... walk on parts mind you ) ... had lots of friends etc.
PS ... like Thomcat I have fallen in love with your DD too

Here she is with her big bruv

Thanks ghosty