My daughter has been diagnosed as having a speech delay at 21 months by a private SLT - she basically has a small handful of words. She communicates with signs and gestures and babbling (eg pointing) and occasional words. I know that the broad view is wait and see, do some SLT input and she’ll probably catch up but I instinctively feel she just can’t do it and I’m really worried about what lies ahead. I am responsible for the delay - I took medication while I was pregnant (under medical advice), I was really really depressed after birth (and still am now) and I couldn’t breastfeed for medical reasons. All these things have a consequence of developmental delay and I can’t bear that this is all my fault. I’m getting ‘help’ with my mental health through specialist services but nothing makes a difference. I basically have had a really shit run of things and need somethings in my life to improve before I can feel any better.
why am I posting? Because I needed to put it somewhere but also to see if there were genuinely people out there who have children not really speaking At 21 months and then have started to speak? Also any other depressed anxious mums out there who are coping better than me?