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2 1/2 year old not talking
My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned
how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
My Bonnie was behind at that age had speach and now talks up a storm. She
is 4 now. Tori "hsstanley" wrote in message oups.com... My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
"hsstanley" wrote in message
oups.com... My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! Since you've already had his hearing tested, and you've already started speech therapy, I'm guessing you've ruled-out pervasive developmental delays? My boys were not speaking at that age either, and were diagnosed as PDD-NOS at about age 3.5 and high-functioning autistic at the age of about five. They're eight now, and while they can communicate, it's not at the level of their peers. If you haven't already had him evaluated, get it done now. The sooner the better if it turns out to be something on the autistic spectrum. |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
hsstanley wrote:
My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! Does he have comprehension? We had speech issues but were not so worried because our son demonstrated that he could quite clearly understand what we were saying to him but chose not to speak. Then, around age 2 1/2 he suddenly decided that talking was good and hasn't really stopped since. Two years on, he now has quite a wide vocabulary, including words that he's picked up from TV and outside the family. -- Dave mail da (without the space) http://www.llondel.org So many gadgets, so little time |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
He has his well-child checkup in a little over a week, and that was
something that we were going to talk to his doctor about. His speech therapist and playgroup "teacher" both seemed to think that he is most likely not autistic (they both work with other autistic children), but we still want to check on that! His speech therapist also recommended genetic testing at a local university..... I'm not sure what that would involve, but that's something else that we were going to ask his doctor about. Frisbee® wrote: "hsstanley" wrote in message oups.com... My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! Since you've already had his hearing tested, and you've already started speech therapy, I'm guessing you've ruled-out pervasive developmental delays? My boys were not speaking at that age either, and were diagnosed as PDD-NOS at about age 3.5 and high-functioning autistic at the age of about five. They're eight now, and while they can communicate, it's not at the level of their peers. If you haven't already had him evaluated, get it done now. The sooner the better if it turns out to be something on the autistic spectrum. |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
hsstanley wrote:
He has his well-child checkup in a little over a week, and that was something that we were going to talk to his doctor about. His speech therapist and playgroup "teacher" both seemed to think that he is most likely not autistic (they both work with other autistic children), but we still want to check on that! Go to a development/behaviour group that specializes in children to get him tested. It should be done by a child psychologist. His speech therapist also recommended genetic testing at a local university..... That is probably blood work to rule out any kind of metabolic disorders. Pillbug has had tons of them. Pillbug is now 3 and does not have any words. He is autistic. -- Anita -- |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
hsstanley wrote: My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! My ds is 2 years and 4 months old, and doesn't say a whole lot. We've just started Early Intervention, and basically with the one meeting we've had, the lady told us that from what she could see, he just needs to 'engage'. This doesn't sound like your son, who's been successful with signing. My ds resists signing, resists being hand-taught *anything*, be it undressing, opening something, signs for signing...But he's figured out most mechanical things in our house. It's not that he doesn't have comprehension, he just wants it on his terms. And like the EI lady said, he needs to start engaging with us in order to learn more efficiently. He DOES make eye contact, so that's not the issue. He's just stubborn! LOL. Good luck with your little guy, it sounds like you're on the right track... Stasya |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
"hsstanley" wrote in message oups.com... My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Hunter didn't talk at 2.5yo either. He did start to talk at about 3yo and received therapy. He continued to have some speech difficulty. He is 7yo now and talks very functionally although he still makes articulation errors that you wouldn't expect of a 7yo. We think he has a central auditory processing delay/disorder. This generally is not tested for until the child is at least 7yo. We haven't had that specific testing done yet but what we have done all points to that. He has other things that stand out with his language but it wouldn't apply to a child of 2.5 yet. My suggestion would be to continue on with the therapy and get any other evaluations recommended. -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
No, but I can think of 2 people I know, both male,
who hardly talked at all until somewhat older than that. I think when that happens they're more likely to start talking in complete sentences when they do start. One of the people was confused because of a bilingual household and reputedly started talking in complete sentences about age 4 or 5 after someone explained to him that there were 2 different lanuguages. I would encouage you (besides getting him checked) not to push him to talk, but to talk to him a lot, and to use lots of sign language with him. Asking him directly to talk might make him feel shy and self-conscious about it. I would take a relaxed approach and when he does talk a bit, just answer him calmly as if you aren't surprised at all, as if you've always conversed with him like that. Just my suggestion. If he's using sign language, that's a very good sign. :-) Sign language uses the same language parts of the brain as spoken language. "hsstanley" ) writes: My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! |
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2 1/2 year old not talking
Catherine Woodgold wrote: No, but I can think of 2 people I know, both male, who hardly talked at all until somewhat older than that. I think when that happens they're more likely to start talking in complete sentences when they do start. One of the people was confused because of a bilingual household and reputedly started talking in complete sentences about age 4 or 5 after someone explained to him that there were 2 different lanuguages. I would encouage you (besides getting him checked) not to push him to talk, but to talk to him a lot, and to use lots of sign language with him. Asking him directly to talk might make him feel shy and self-conscious about it. I would take a relaxed approach and when he does talk a bit, just answer him calmly as if you aren't surprised at all, as if you've always conversed with him like that. Just my suggestion. If he's using sign language, that's a very good sign. :-) Sign language uses the same language parts of the brain as spoken language. "hsstanley" ) writes: My son will be 2 1/2 in a couple weeks, and so far, he has only learned how to say "uh-oh" (which he does use appropriately). He babbles all day long, but refuses to copy any words that we say to him. He has been learning some sign language, which has been VERY helpful (saving all of us from many temper tantrums). He has been going to a local playgroup through the school system, working with a speech therapist for about 6 months, but the speech therapist has not started coming to our home yet to do one-on-one therapy. He has had his hearing checked, and he hears very well. He is a very happy and healthy little boy who loves to play games and figure out how objects work (toys, doors, phone, remote, shoes, etc....). Basically, I was just wondering if there are any other parents out there who might have a child in the similar situation, and if you would be willing to share your story / success with me! I need some emotional support with this!! Thank you!!! |
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