Was just wondering about others who have had speech delays etc-DD was a little delayed in her speech, she had a few inconsistent words at 2 and started putting words together at 3. She is around 3.5yo now and quite the chatterbox, but an awful lot of her speech is sentences/phrases lifted from books/tv/things I say around the house. I know children learn a lot by copying so it may be entirely normal esp as so young but as she has had delays in most areas and is under paed for, his words, "unusual development" it is easy to pick up on things that stand out. To other people, including SALT, it sounds as though she has a lively and varied vocubulary. She certainly has a varied and wide vocaularly but seems to struggle expressing things by herself, if that makes sense. She can be quite difficult for other people to understand, avoids questions and although is interested in children, she won't interact directly with them and her 1:1 at nursery has said she needs a lot of encouragement to use words rather than rely on making 'noises' or signing, which is fairly consistent at home. SALT are continously trying to discharge us the minute they see any progress but my instinct is she needs keeping an eye on. How do you know when you are going mad or if your concerns are valid?!