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« on: December 20, 2008, 01:04:09 PM »

My son is going to be 17 months and has can only speak these few words: daddy, eat, egg, out, etc.

I am a little bit concern whether he is slow in speaking. However, he can understand our instructions and what we are saying.

Anyone to share and give some advice?

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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2008, 04:54:37 PM »

We have a recent thread about this same thing here http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-other-topics/speech/

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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2008, 06:28:08 PM »

Speech is like any milestone in a baby - it varies as to when they speak clearly and when they use phrases and sentences too. They say there is a vocabulary spurt around 18 months old when children start speaking a lot more words, so you might just have to be patient til then or even later.

My daughter is 15 months old and although she has used a fair number of words, she is not consistent and some days I will get almost no words out of her (except perhaps mama)

I do find that teaching signing, letting her do actions to songs and hear music, teaching reading, speaking to her a lot and using Little Reader does also help as the more language they hear the better. In the end though I have also heard of children who start speaking late, but often start speaking in full sentences rather than single words or phrases - its partly a personality issue too.

I would not advise holding things back to force your child to speak as this could make speech a negative thing for him. Rather just keep introducing language to him in whatever way you can and praising any attempts to talk even if the pronounciation isn't great.

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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2008, 07:06:20 PM »

Like everything you teach learning to speak should be fun too. 

Animal & vehicle sounds are a great way to work on sounds.  Remember experimenting with sound comes before actual words. Make a game of playing with toys and saying their sounds.

If he has mastered a sound such as B then work on B words like ball. 

If he says a word you can add to it.  eg:  If he says dog you can say brown dog.

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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2008, 01:24:49 AM »

If you are talking to him consistently I wouldn't be too concerned. My nephew Anthony, who just turned two, didn't start talking until he was about 20 months old. He said a few words here and there, but not as much as we would have liked. We were a bit concerned, not a lot, just a little, but now we can't get him to stop! He talks very well and many people comment on how good he talks for a two-year-old.

My son had the same "breakthrough" type experience with talking, except he had his speaking-burst at about 15 months old. I remember when the "breakthrough" first started he would be saying one or two new words every day, and I wrote down each one of them for his baby book. However, by the time he was 16 months old he was saying so many new words a day that I couldn't even try to keep track of them. Anthony had the exact same thing, except his breakthrough started when he was 20 months old. The point is that all kids are different - maybe your little guy will start speaking next month, maybe not till he turns two! It doesn't make him any more or less intelligent, just different.

The best thing you can do to encourage him to talk and to give him a firm foundation of understanding the meanings of words is to talk to him non-stop. There is a thread discussing the product "LENA" which is basically a little machine the size of a deck of cards that you're supposed to attach to your baby to see how many words they're hearing each day. The ideal amount of words a child should be hearing between the ages of birth and 3 years is about 20,000 - 30,000 a day. The product "LENA" costs several hundred dollars but in this post we talk about why you don't need an expensive word-counting-machine to give your baby an optimal language development environment and can keep track of how much you talk to your baby without this pricey equipment. The link is here: http://forum.brillkids.com/general-discussion-b5/lena-enhance-language-development/msg5693/#msg5693

So, in short, as long as you're talking and interacting with your toddler and encouraging him to talk you have no reason for concern, all kids are simply different. Encouraging him to talk is as simple as if, for example, he wants his cup that is on the counter do not allow him to simply whine and point at it - instead ask him "Do you want your CUP? Say CUP!" and encourage him at least attempt to speak instead of allowing him to point or whine. Hope this helps!

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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2008, 03:31:20 AM »

So many good suggestions!  smile

I have boys and found that many of them just didn't want to communicate with words until they were older than most of the girls that were chatting away.  If your son's hearing is fine and he is happy, content, active and reaching other milestones, I wouldn't worry about it.  Relax and enjoy the stage he is in.  Don't push (I found my boys would "push back" if I tried to push them into doing something). 

Listening to you talk, sing, read, and do Little Reader with him gives him lots of opportunities to learn words.  He may just be waiting until he can start speaking in sentences.   Wink

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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2008, 09:38:03 AM »

I totally agree that each kid is an individual and they have their own pace. I shared how I was worrying about my son's speech development when he was a few months over 1 year old, then we started a right brain training program for him and it seems to work very well:

http://forum.brillkids.com/general-discussion-b5/we-are-starting-to-use-right-brain-education-to-our-son/

My son continued to see the speech pathologist until 2 months ago when he was graduated!!!  yes He was "behind" other kids and now at 2 years of age I can say he speaks more complicated words than a lot of kids at his age. He is speaking 6-7 words sentences. His older sister (4 years old) talks to him a lot and he loves to mimic her.

So I guess as DomanMom said, just wait patiently for the "breakthrough" and your kid will surprise you by how much he know! Continue to talk to him like talking to an adult will certainly help him to structure his sentences and add more vocabularies. Just relax and be persistent!

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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2008, 02:22:46 PM »

The children all take their own pace. Important not to just give him what you assume he wants immediately. Let them take the initiative to communicate with you and actually request what they need.

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« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2008, 07:17:33 AM »

agree! this is one of the tips given by the speech pathologist. yes

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« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2008, 11:28:59 PM »

How does your toddler manage to communicate his needs?  If pointing and gesturing are getting his needs met, there might not be a need for much speech.  Are there siblings speaking for him?  I really believe in exposure without expectation.  If a child is exposed to a lot of language experiences and not expected to perform or repeat, development will occur at their own individual pace.  When there are set expectations and time frames, problems occur. 

I had a little girl who was 18 months old that I provided childcare for.  Her mother was constantly having her say things (insisting on correct pronuciations).  She lagged behind in her speech.  Almost as if she was afraid to say anything - or looking over her shoulder constantly for mom to communicate for her. 

If your toddler has ways to communicate and is not overly frustrated, the speech will come in time.  Einstein didn't speak until he was 4.  Some kids are observant and like to rehearse in their minds before talking.  Instead of one word, you might get sentences.   

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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2008, 02:36:50 AM »

As mentioned in the other thread, we encouraged Felicity to speak from young by withholding what she wanted until she said what we asked her to say.

Tanikit and others make a very good point though.  There is a risk that if you do that, you could turn the whole process of learning to speak into a nightmare for the child, and you may even end up retarding the process and having the child associate speaking with frustration.

Like the entire process of early learning (such as learning to read), the key is really whether the process is one of fun or frustration for your child.  Are you encouraging your child to speak in a loving way (encouraging the process with rewards), or like a strict parent forcing the child to learn (and failure means punishment)?

Based on what we did, I would suggest these would be the guidelines if you want to use withholding:

1. Make sure you are asking your child to say something you know she CAN say

- For example, we first started this when we knew she could utter the word "please" (or more like "pid" smile ).  As her vocalization abilities grew, it then became "more please", "may I have more please?" etc.

2. Never frustrate your child, or push too far

- If she's not in the mood and just won't say it, then don't push or force

3. Always make sure the process is joyful and lighthearted, like a game

- My favorite 'game' was hugging Felicity really tightly and not letting go until she said, "Can you let me go please Daddy!". After I let her go, I would count to 3 before I try to catch her again. Often time, she would hang around in the vicinity to be caught... LOL



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« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2009, 01:57:44 PM »

Many thanks to all the advice and suggestions!

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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2009, 08:29:47 AM »

I use sign language and keep talking to him.

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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2009, 04:02:13 PM »

Now I am wondering whether using sign language is a mistake. He is still responding with sign language and not speaking more words. :S

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« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2009, 12:41:38 AM »

Actually studies show that babies using sign language speak faster than those who have not exposed to sign language.

Initially I thought that was strange 'cause I was thinking the same thing as you did. But later I think that can be reasonable because babies who are communicating with sign language are used to expressed themselves. So it makes sense they are expressing themselves better when they learn how to speak.  yes

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