Still Not talking..

Jodie - posted on 07/25/2012

Caydan my lil boy still wont talk and hes 27 months now hes been referred to speech therapy and hes been referred to a creche that helps children with speech so fingers crossed he starts talking soon. xxx

Lauren - posted on 07/25/2012

Was just wondering how everyone and there 2 year olds are doing? Josh is now 2 and still not talking..it just seems like he isn't 'bothered' with talking...alot of babbling...but I have to admit I am getting a little nervous

Sherri - posted on 07/06/2012

My daughter refused to talk until 2 and a half...I tried pretending I didn't know what she wanted and told her she had to use her big girl words. Within a week...she started talking and now we can't get her to be quiet. Lol. My son is two now and I'm trying that same tactic with him. I think they are capable of talking..they understand but they just don't seem to want to when I anticipate their every need. Lol. :)

Lorna - posted on 05/16/2012

yep my daughter is like that an so was my son untill he went 2 pre nursery at 2 1/2yrs had all the tests done with both my youngest an ye funnily enough noah was quite the talker at 13mnts but stopped,i know what caused it with my son tho cause he went thru-well we both did- thru a psychological trama but he speaks great now lots of mirror talking with him really helped he got to see how i formed words with my mouth AND how he formes them and learnt to re form certin sounds :). my lil girl is now 21 mnts an has a 10 word vocab. they were both premie bbys an slow speach is common place with premies but i personaly think its pure lazyness with my daughter seren coz noah does everything 4 her. she has no need 2 speak yet. i notice she speakes more when he's in school which is why i think shes just lazy :) always best 2 get things checked but im sure ur daughter is just waiting 2 form a sentence an surprise u hun :D do you have older kidz??

Lauren - posted on 05/16/2012

Lisa, I think you are right in taking her again. You never know, perhaps something happened in the last 2 years... moisture, etc. Once you rule hearing out then take it from there. Since posting last there have been quite a few changes with Joshua. His dad has been the full time 'mommy' at home since he was born. Dad is not a big talker naturally. Josh has now been with the new nanny for 2 weeks and I am already noticing changes. He is babbling far more than before and I am suddenly not feeling as worried as I was before. I have decided that the nanny will now take him to a little creche down the road once or twice a week for an hour when they have play time because I am thinking more interaction with speaking children can only be a good thing.
Now I am not in any way saying you are not speaking to to her enough but I just wanted to let you know something which may be useful to you.
It is just such a relief to read posts from other moms in the same boat!
Let us know how it goes.
Regards
Lauren

Lisa - posted on 05/15/2012

Thanks,
Lauren- We had to get her ears tested when she was a month old, because when she was born they do a little hearing test at the hospital to see if they respond to noise, and I guess she failed it there, so we brought her in and they hooked her up and they said she could hear fine, her brain was responding to the noises.. but I think I am going to get her in to the family doctor and get another one done, or see if if there is something else we can do.. Its just really bothering me when people think that there is something wrong with her, when I know that she is fine. when ever I try to make her say a word, she just get so frusterated and gets upset.. I dont know I will just keep pushing her to talk
Thanks again ladies for responding.. if I find out anything I will let you know :)

Jodie - posted on 05/14/2012

im in same boat caydan wont talk or makes noises just cry we get the odd word but its not very clearly only i can understand him :( very frustrating and running out of ideas xxx

Lauren - posted on 05/05/2012

We're in the same boat! Josh will be 2 on 26 May and still not talking. When he was about 13 months he spoke a few words and made animal sounds when pointed to in a book... however he stopped doing that. We took him to the audiologist on Friday who after testing said there was nothing wrong with his hearing. The paeditrician ruled out autism.... however we are still very worried especially as he did speak a few words at 13 months. Have you had her ears test properly? Now that we have had the ears done, we are just going to wait a few months and see what happens. It seems there are many 2 year olds in the same boat.

Lisa - posted on 04/17/2012

thank you guys for responding :)

Ashley - posted on 04/11/2012

My son will be 2 on May 7th and he won't talk either. Sometimes he will use one word sentences or just yell but that's all.

June - posted on 04/02/2012

My son was like this and i was really frustrated because he just mumbled things and pointed all the time. I was even worried because he was almost 3. So i asked his pediatrician if he needed speech therapy but his response was; give it some time. I've seen parents waste lots of money on speech therapy and no results. So, I talked to him like an adult ( no baby talk ) and I kid you not, a day before he turned 3yrs old, he had full sentences like a 2nd grader and his words were as clear as water.



I've never talked baby talk to any of my children. I find that it prolongs their vocabulary and speech.



I hope that eased your mind in some way:)