any salts arounds? advice needed!

[filchthemildmanneredjanitor]

ds2 is 3.11 and says his l's as y's and his r's as w's.

i think it's because he's little and he'll grow out of it, but two kids this week have made fun of him because of it.

should i be doing something to help him? is there anything that i can do to help him

i think he will be ok hun, my ds used to do that till he was bout 5 or 6, he would say "frabs" instead of crabs, and "frees" instead of trees, i think ur ds will grow out of it like mine did.

well yes, i think he'll grow out of it but am sad that he's being teased about it.

Filch, my ds is 3.5 and pronounces s as y and r as l among others but in general has great vocab and imagination. My HV was worried but pre-school not, so we went to see a SALT who said there were no problems, just to repeat the words he is mis-pronouncing back to him (which probably you do automatically) without getting him to repeat them. She said he will grow out of it. I too was worried about the other kids teasing him, they often point it out but he doesn't seem to be bothered by their comments and we just say to them that children speak in many different ways

i don't always understand what he says. got indignant the other day when he told me about the boy hitting him. turns out it was the ball!!!

I often don't understand my ds, especially if the sentence has a lot of words starting with s! Luckily my 5 yo dd (and most other kids strangely) understands everything and often translates

filch

I would suggest that you put your original post on the Special Needs forum of this website as some SALT's (speech and language therapist) are on there.

The more info you can give the better, is your son for instance having any imput from a SALT currently, has he had any speech therapy to date?. Do not blithely assume that he will grow out of it, if you're worried seek help from your GP in the first instance.

cheers atilla -will do that.

I'm a salt.
Very common.
Don't worry about it.

Just repeat the things he says 'wrongly' back to him in cheerful non corrcting manner.

eg 'I want the wed yolly'
'Oh,you want the red lolly do you? Here it is darling.'

really moondog? i putmout a call for you yesterday but you musn't have seen it!!!

is there anything i should be doing to encourage him otherwise?

Well,I do have a paid job too so not on call 24/24 on MN.

Encourage him like I said,make up little rhymes and songs with target sounds in them,maybe even show him the relevant letters.Just make it fun and relaxed.It is normal forchildren of this age not to have 'perfect' speech.

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i do do that sometimes but not all the time because i think it might annoy the hell out of him. he knows what he's saying-i just don't always get it. the ball/boy thing for eg.

like he also says bomatoes instaed of tomatoes. i was talking to him one day and emphasising the t. he made a perfect t and then t-bomatoes!

i wasn't worried at all until this week when2 kids have mocked him. he's starting school in september.

i'm sorry-i wasn't having a go, just acknowledging that i knew you were a salt.

lol,no I knew you weren't having a go.
If I were you i would tackle the mockers directly and ask them calmly why they think it is big or clever to make fun.

The things you describe are really common.If you want to refer to salt then do so-they can help with lots of useful games and activities,but by the time you are seeen,it may well be resolved.

I deal with the much more serious range of comm. disorders but have done this sort of stuff in the past.

i did say to the kids-'do you think that is kind? we don't make fun of the way people speak'. they were only 5 .

i don't want to have him referred-it's simple and i think he'll grow out of it. i just wanted reassurance that that was the right approach to take.

thank you very much![one worry ticked off]

Talking lots to and with your children is the best therapy of all.

Make a note to reassess in 6 mths then if still there,maybe think about referring.