My son is almost 2 and his speach is delayed?

Question

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any tools, books, toys, etc. that we could buy to help him start talking more. His doctor said he should be putting words together by now and he isnt.

He has had 3 major heart surgeries and was delayed by about 2 months in other mildstones too but he is now age approiate on those so he was discharged from thearpy. I'm worried that maybe all of the heavy medication from the surgeries could have something to do with his speach? Please let me know if you know anything about this. I am clueless and quite upset.

thank you.

Answer 1

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My daughter loved this and it has many learning activities on it and there are other activity cards that you purchase later on.

Answer 2

i agree with the first person, but also i want to add in my own thought. does he slurr his words? or babble? has he gotten sick latelty with his ears? these are all things you might want to take into account. my son was about the same age as yours when we found out that his speech was slurred but that was due to him having ear infections. the ears is the main key into speech, if they are clogged with water, yes the baby still, can hear but he will hear slurred blurry words. also i would suggest taking your son if the insurance will cover it to a speech specialist to see if just maybe if there is water in the ears. you you take my advice and find out that he has fluid in the ears i want you to email me. if you find out that he NEEDS EAR surgery then yes def  email me cuz i can tell you all about the ear surgery more in depth.

again this is my thought i could be right i could be wrong.

Answer 3

there isnt much that will help.  the surgeries and stuff probbaly did slow his speech down.  i had a preemie and he really didnt start talking good until he was almost 3.  what we did was did a vocabularly drill, we would name off items in the house as a game with him and get him to say it if he didnt say it right we repeated it and got him too repeat it again.  then when he recognized what things were we would point to it and say whats that he would say it and again if he didnt say it right we would correct him anyway that helped alot with my son now he is 7 and is a very smart child. good luck to you

Answer 4

I would read to him as much as possible and make an effort to point things out to him and build his vocabulary.  That being said though, boys (even without heart surgery) don't generally pick up on speech as quickly as girls.  Boys have a tendency to concentrate on large motor skills first, and girls concentrate on talking.....eventually they both catch up with each others development though. As long as your son is saying words, I wouldn't loose that much sleep on the issue.  My son is 25 months, and not a very big talker at all!  He is just now trying to put some words together into a sentence. (we were impressed yesterday when he said "Papa doing"....for "What is grandpa doing?" I have a neighbor who's son didn't say a single word until he was three......and he has grown up to be a perfectly normal adult.  I can understand why you would be especially concerned about your son's development milestones....but just remember that every kid is different, and its normal for kids to be early with some milestones, and slower with others.  It will all be OK mommy! :)

Answer 5

Hi there! I'm a speech-language pathologist who works with infants, tots, and preschoolers.

Here are two websites where I get most of my therapy materials from. The materials do target speech therapists/pathologist, but parents can also purchase the toys and games.

Super Duper Inc. (created by a speech pathologist)

http://www.superduperinc.com/

(this is one of my fave handout books that has activities that target parental involvement-- http://www.superduperinc.com/B_Pages/bk_...

Beyond Play (specifically targets children with special needs. It not only has toys for language development, but for fine and gross motor skills as well).

http://www.beyondplay.com/

You have valid concerns about your son's speech delays. Please contact early intervention agencies in your area in order to have him evaluated for free. If he qualifies, the services are also free.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Answer 6

Something extremely similar happened to my younger sister. We tried therapy, a counselor, but all she really needed was just to be surrounded in an environment of children. So she went to school, and after a week she was talking. I think it's just that she was around a group of children the same age as her, and wanted to do the same things as them. None of the therapies or leasons helped. I hope this helps you and your son though. : )

Answer 7

Please don't get anxious about this speech delay.

Some children  talk, walk, etc early and some a little later.

But your child has been under a lot of stress, give his mind and body time to heal and pray for him constantly

Answer 8

I am so sorry that your son had 3 heart surgeries that is overwhelming on it's own. My son too when he was young had sever kidney problems and life was very hard with a sick child and now here is another thing to worry about. When my son was sick he too had some delays, but once things got a little better, I started to show him like a cookie and say it slow then give it to him and saying peoples names like daddy mommy, and his sisters name we spent 4 months in the hospital when he was a year old and my fist child was already saying words before then but eventually once we got home and he was back with his sister he started to speak better, if you have friends or family with little ones maybe you could arrange play dates kids learn from one another, and read to him and say the words for thing his toy's food and try and get him to say them back.

If those things dont work, then maybe you could talk to you doctor and find a speech therapist who can help you, it could just be a delay but better safe then sorry and have him checked out by a speech therapist it's always good to catch things early then late.

Good luck and god bless your little one