Sorry this is going to be long. I have a 3 year old son, my DC3. He appears to be bright, is fascinated by numbers, flags, planets, knows all his letters and colours, nothing outrageous for a 3 year old but clued in. He does not really speak though, he will often come out and say a full sentence completely grammatically correct but he might say 2 per day. He rarely verbalises his wants or needs.
He was TT at Christmas but has never told us he needs to go and is not toilet trained for poos. He loves nursery rhymes but never sings them properly just rambles on and adds his own words. He has a huge sense of humour and makes himself laugh again non verbally at loads of things. He rarely interacts with us to any great extent he is a real potterer. He is however very affectionate with me and Dh and climbs into our bed most nights for cuddles.
So where is this concern coming from then well we met friends who I know from my equivalent NCT group with children the same age and he is way, way away from these children in terms of engagement and verbal skills. He just looked like a baby when they were around and he is one of the older children. I suppose I had not seen it in that context before. So my question is, is there a problem, how do I find out if there is one, what do I do? I spoke to the HV about his lack of speech oh and I forgot evidence of a lisp and stammer nearly a year ago but she said the list for speech therapy is very long (not UK broke Ireland) so I am not sure what if any thing I should be doing. ThAnks if you made it this far
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