My son is three sometimes my husband battles to understand him?

Question

is this normal? i have to do the "translating" for him. When do you think my son will talk clearer for my husband to understand him.

Answer 1

that's a bad sign:  if your husband can't understand him, odds are you're the only one that can.

when was his hearing last checked?  my daughter was the same way - she said "mippipp pops" for "mrs potts", "bubbla-bliy" for "butterfly", "koomeez" for "excuse me", and "deet-doo"  for "thank you".

i didn't realize it was really a problem until i mentioned it to my doctor ("isn't that adorable, hee hee hee") and the next thing i know, he's grabbed her and is peering in her ears and swearing a blue streak.  no idea how long she'd had it, but her ears were so infected they'd swollen shut and the eardrum was bulging with fluid.   took nine months to kill the infection but the damage was already done because up to the age of 2-1/2 is when they'er developing the speech and language processing centres in their brain.

she is now 19 but it wasn't until grade 10 that the school finally listened to me, stopped writing her off as "lazy", and had her assessed.  she has a genuis-level IQ but is profoundly learning disabled:  she cannot process verbal speech.  if you tell her "turn to chapter 4, page 127, paragraph 3, line 5", you've lost her at "4".  she has to translate everything into visual symbolism so even her native language is treated like a second language (mental translation required and then half the time, her response is irrelevent or inappropriate).

math - grade 4; reading - university level; writing - grade 6; art, music - gifted; short-term memory - severely impaired and so on.  it took her two extra years but she finally managed to graduate high school and will be starting computer arts in her first choice college this fall (she was accepted by all three choices).

Answer 2

Yes it is normal, my daughter is 2 years old and 8 months, I used  to translate some of her words for my husband in order to understand.  I think the child can speak well at about 3.5 years old.

Answer 3

This is totally normal, and, believe it or not, a good thing.

You spend the most time with your child, so you will naturally understand him best. The downside to this is that because you understand him so well, he doesn't need to make the effort to make himself understood. My son was 2 and 1/2 before he started to talk, and it was all because he didn't need to. I knew what he needed to say with every noise he made, and fulfilled his needs so he didnt need to make the effort to learn to speak. Because your husband doesn't understand your son, it's the ideal opportunity for your son to learn to make himself understood by speaking properly. So don't translate for your husband anymore. Let your son work at his speech and watch him flourish, it'll happen in no time.

Answer 4

It can be very frustrating for a working parent and child,I know I've been there.For a parent at home with the child they learn what the sounds the child makes mean sort of like learning a new language really.Does your son go to nursey school? When a child is mixing with other children their speech usually improves greatly.

Answer 5

your not going to like my answer

no it's not normal

most 3 yr olds can have full understandable conversations

i have the same problem with my daughter and she is almost 4 we were advised at her 3 yr checkup to get her help with her speech so we got her screened through our school district and we are now recieving free speech therapy through her school

we were originally told she had to be potty trained first then we found out that was for normal preschool but since ours only offers early childhood prevention (special needs preschool) she didnt have to be to take speech therapy so we could've started her earlier

get him help asap

the sooner the better for your child

Answer 6

of course its normal - he's three!

My youngest son is 4 & up until the last 12 months my daughter whos 12 months older had to tell us everything he said. You & your husband need to be patient - the last thing he needs to hear is people saying they can't understand him. Maybe if Daddy spent more time with him he would understand him like you do.

Answer 7

maybe your husband should spend more time talking to your son, the more he talks to him the more he will understand. this will also help your son as the more you speek the better his speech will become.