talking

Cindy - posted on 11/15/2009

I have a 22month old little girl that is Very intelligent but isn't talking. She can come off with full sentences every once in a while. But most of the time it is just drink, Mom, Dad, Papaw - if even that. Our Dr. said not to worry she just hasn't found the need to talk yet. I agree with Dawn S. - I have started to push her to say something not just push her cup at me or something. She bucked it at first but is starting to say more. I know people around here look at you funny when they are almost 2 and don't want to talk. I get asked "is her hearing ok?" Yes it is. She just doesn't want to say anything right now. I have stopped being concerned she proves to me everyday how smart she is without talking.

Kelly - posted on 11/13/2009

My nephew was the same. In fact he is almost three now and is only just really starting to talk. He also had two older siblings and my sister-in-law was told by a doctor that it could simply be because she didn't have the same time to dedicate to talking to him one on one like she had with the other children. Plus his older siblings talk for him all the time too!

Dawn - posted on 11/13/2009

My middle child, a boy, didn't start talking until about 2 years old. Like your son, he would say a few words and would gesture for everything that he wanted, and he also had an older brother who talked non-stop. At the advice of some relatives, I stopped responding to his gestures and made him speak what he wanted. For example, when he needed more milk he would push his sippy cup in my face. Instead of just refilling it like I had before, I would tell him to say "more, please." At first he was resistant, and would keep pushing the cup in may face, but I stood my ground and didn't refill the cup until he tried to speak what he wanted. When he tried to speak, even if it didn't sound quite right, I would do what he wanted. Only took a couple days until he was speaking more words and in a few weeks he started speaking in sentences. This tactic worked very well for me with him. I did the same with my daughter, who is now 22 months old, and she has a great vocabulary & has been speaking in sentences for a couple of months now. Hope this was helpful to you.

Sandra - posted on 11/09/2009

he could feel like he has the elder two to talk for him ....sounds bizzarre i know but my aunt had the same problem when she had twins the one boy would gab for wales the other quite.... she was very concerned especially when at the age of three the quiet twin could only say single words such has cat dog mum dad and her other twin was saying more forward things like proper sentences ....she spoke to a dr who said there seemed nothing wrong with Liam he just didn't want to speak he advised her to spend some time sat dwn talking to Liam and to have one to one time with Liam without Rees every so oftern to gain Liam's confidence she did this and within a month Liam was speaking sentences ..... try this if this doesn't work maybe its worth getting advice off your health visitor about a speach therapist ...... but all children are different and reach milestones at different ages ,,,, my son is also 22 months old and could gab for wales he speaks full on sentences and says almost every word he ears on the other hand my sisters little boy who's just a week younger can only say limitted words like mum and dad theres nothing wrong with him hes just a little behind ! my sister worried it was her parenting that was to blame even though she does the same things with her son has i do with m9 ..... some children are behind has some are forward i would n't be too worried about your son not talking but thats easy for me to say has m9 is a chatterbox ! .... just try and spend some time with your youngest without the elder children around this may help ..... i hope iv helped xx

Desiree - posted on 11/08/2009

When my oldest was about 2 I took her to the doctor and asked him if something was wrong with her because she wasn't talking... he said that her hearing was definately fine and she was able to get her point across with whatever it was she wanted/needed... that she would talk when she was ready.

Sure enough she started talked about 2.5 or so and has never shut up since... LOL. I think that as long as you know his hearing is fine and he is able to get his point across you should just give him a little time and then next time you are at the pedi if your still concerned then just ask them about it.....