Ahead in language

[Unintentionallycausingoffence]

My DN has just turned two, her language skills both expressive and receptive are about the level of a three year old. Her other milestones are at around the two year old mark. What does this mean for her future?

Honestly, not much.

DS spoke in sentences at about 14 months. Reading age of 15 at age 9. He's an adult now and is bright but unexceptional (well he is exceptional to me of course!)

Just enjoy it.

Bugger all

And out of interest - you told you this?

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Unintentionallycausingoffence ·09/10/2023 07:03

DS was assessed age two and a half with both an expressive and receptive speech and language delay.

You’re a little obsessed with this op

I see you’re all over mumsnet starting thread about your children or relatives and their standards

. I’m comparing my success as a DP to others feeling paranoid that relatives and friends will think your DN is very bright why isn’t your DS but he is he just processes things differently. In some cases I’m just trying understand various SN ,I just have an interest or obsession having personal experience of it.,

I've no professional insight but my eldest son was a very good speaker at 2. It would surprise people how good he was and seemed more in line with friends who were 6-12 months older. At 6 and at school he is doing well but just has strengths and weaknesses like all the other kids. He is reading and writing at a good level, but nothing outside what is the norm.

My 2nd child has started speaking too and he is coming along great, but nowhere near where his brother was at the same age. As his mother though who spends all day with him he still amazes me in other ways. He is physically very able, good at building things, great imagination, great social skills. I'm seeing him do things that took his brother longer. So please don't fixate on one particular skill. All kids have their own talents.

We have a friend who's child I couldn't understand until he was nearly 4. Anyone might think he was behind but he was able to do sums before he started school. He's also now doing great at school and his speech is perfect.

My second child had exceptional language skills at 2 - regularly commented on by other parents - he’s now doing his GCSEs and is predicted 5s and 6s.

New parents put so much store into these early milestones but they’re really quite meaningless unless it’s something completely out of kilter (like a 4 yr old not speaking at all).

My experience of small children is that they all tend to have a thing they're ahead with (or behind with) but, after a few years, they've pretty much evened out with their peer group. So it's way too early to tell at 2 years old.

There is such a variety. My neighbour's son had to go to speech therapy because he was so delayed in learning to speak, but he just got the best results out of all three classes in fifth year.

My sister was also reportedly slower at talking and is virtually genius level.

My sister (who is a genius), didn’t utter a word until she was gone three.

I think in this particular case OP it’s meaningless - without any evidence to prove otherwise.

I have a dd and a ds, both now in their twenties.
DD was a very fluent and expressive speaker age 2, turned out to be very average academically, did not go to university but with the most amazing social skills. She has found her niche career and done very well.
DS could only say single words at that age and didn't speak properly until 3. He is an Oxford scholar.