Help! What Causes a Toddler To Not Speak Any Words!!!!

"Peggy Tatyana" wrote in message
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Well, several people here have been dismissive about this, but I'm glad I
listened to my pediatrician, and had my daughter checked by a speech
pathologist when she hadn't started saying any words by age 2 1/2. Turned

I hope my joke didn't give the impression that I was being dismissive of the
subject. I think that it would be very important to have a toddler age
child who doesn't speak at all evaluated by a professional.

Best,
Ann

Well, several people here have been dismissive about this, but I'm glad I
listened to my pediatrician, and had my daughter checked by a speech
pathologist when she hadn't started saying any words by age 2 1/2. Turned
out she had something called "verbal apraxia,"

As one whose child turned out *not* to have a problem, I'm still glad I had him
checked, too. The evaluation was fun for him and quite interesting to watch. I
can't see any down side to having the child checked out.

The benchmark they look for at age two is around 50 words and starting to put
two-word sentences together, by the way.

--Helen

H Schinske wrote in :

Well, several people here have been dismissive about this, but I'm glad I
listened to my pediatrician, and had my daughter checked by a speech
pathologist when she hadn't started saying any words by age 2 1/2. Turned
out she had something called "verbal apraxia,"

As one whose child turned out *not* to have a problem, I'm still glad I
had him checked, too. The evaluation was fun for him and quite interesting
to watch. I can't see any down side to having the child checked out.

Ditto: at the vary least it puts the parent's mind at rest.

--
Penny Gaines
UK mum to three

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 07:13:52 -0500, Iowacookiemom wrote:

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family always wondered, too, if perhaps the youngest of 6 didn't need to say
much -- she had 5 older siblings anticipating her every need.

-Dawn
Mom to Henry, 11

Probably not too far from the truth. I have a friend who is the youngest
of 11. He didn't even attempt to walk until he was 3. His parents took
him to doctors, had all the tests done, etc. to no avail. Two days after
the second-youngest started school, he got up and walked like he'd been
doing it all along. Apparently, he'd just never felt the need--his older
brothers and sisters always carried him where he wanted or brought him
whatever he pointed at.

Susan