Please if anyoI have a two and half year old old son..?

Question

My son has speech problems. He has been to the doctor, and he told me it was up to me if I wanted to have him see a specialist, but it was not mandatory at his age.

Now, he understands everything I say to him from turn off your t v, to pick up your toys, I also whisper to him all the time, and he whispers back... but he babbles, and he repeats everything someone says to him..

i.e "what's your name" he responds "what's your name" instead of saying "his name". I don't know what else to do, if any of you have suggestions on making this better for him please help.

We also have a seven yr. old daughter that talks constantly, and I would think have would really picked up from her.

Like I stated before, he does understand, he askes for ' fruit snacks" but he calls them " nu nacks" I am concerned bc although he's two , he wears a 5t, he's cute as a button and when people often talk to him in public they expect for him to have a full blown conversation, and he can't... and they look a little funny, but I tell them he is only two!!

♥I'd love to post a pic of him, but people are too crazy!!

Answer 1

If it were my son I'd go ahead and see the specialist. I'd prefer him to start with therapy sooner rather then later, especially before he starts school. Responding with repeating the question he was asked is normal for a 2yr old though, that doesn't have to do with a speech problem. All their lives thus far you try and get them to repeat/learn what you are saying..like saying Mama a million times to an infant so they will say it back..they're just now at the age where they are learning that you are actually asking something for a different response in return. That takes time. As for the way he pronounces things, that would be where the speech issues lie. The more he is worked with at home on how to pronounce words the better too.

  Has the Dr mentioned anything about his size and speech problems being related, like something genetic maybe? My brothers best friend growing up was also very large for his age and barely talked, or at least most of it you couldn't understand and it turned out to be some kind of genetic condition.

Answer 2

try standing with him in a mirror and and start with his name and have him repeat after you and then once he has that down start with something new like age or numbers days of the week anything and at anytime of the day give him quizzes like quick whats your name or how old are you. make a game out of it go to the dollar store and buy up like different learning activities. continue to do that until he answers correctly it can take a while but it will work. my niece is autistic  and in the beginning we thought there was no hope for her speech  but now she is 7 and speaks with confidence and ease my daughter i 2 and sometimes she speaks just as clear but others it's any ones guess. it depends on the child they grow and develop at their own pace



I wish you all the best.  

Answer 3

please take him and get him into speech therapy. It may not be "mandatory", but it makes life so much easier if they can communicate with you.

I knew at 18 months old that there was something wrong with my son. he only said 10 words. My doc (who I adore and trust) said to give him time. At 24 months he had not made any improvement. I took him to early intervention. he was diagnosed with a speech delay and then with apraxia. He has almost no side to side or up and down motion to his tongue. He started speech therapy 2x a week, and gradually made progress. About 4 months or so after he started therapy he started speaking in complete sentences! He is still very hard to understand due to the apraxia, but he is using full sentences everyday.

I do have an article on developmental apraxia that I can send you as an e-mail attachment if you would like. I was astounded the first time I read it...it was like the author wrote it about my son.

Answer 4

My son goes thru the exact same thing. When he was turning 3, we were so afraid he could not talk properly before he starts his nursery. Now he's four, he can talk so well. The point is, do not worry. Give them time. Let them have fun with the language. Don't rush them. Just make sure you read to them constantly so they wl pick up the habit of reading.

Answer 5

Try and get a evaluation from Early Intervention.  Its free, and if nothing else, can help he get therapy he may need.  

How is his hearing?  Has it been checked since birth?

Ask your doctor for the Early iNtervention number in your county.  Good luck!

Answer 6

All children learn to talk at different times. My son is two and half and I babysit two other children. One turned two in July (girl) and the other is almost three (boy). My son talks in three to four word phrases, the boy barley ever talks at all! He still sounds like a baby and the girl talks in complete sentences! It just depends on the child, not their age. One day he will just start talking and talking, don't worry! he's normal!

Answer 7

he is only 2 thats all there is to it. my oldest didnt start talking until he was 2 and a month before i had my second son. he is 3 now and he still has slurred speech and mixes up letters  but i think he does a great job for only speaking for one year. he says is abcs in english and spanish and count up to 20 in both languages as well he does sign language as well (thats how we communicated for the first two years). just sit with him and work on his speech with him go over his abc's and pronounce each letter and see if he can copy. try correcting him too if he says nu nack for fruit snack explain oh i dont know what a nu nack is but i do know what a fruit snack is can you say f r u it snack. thats what i have been doing with my son so far so good he tries really hard to annunciate each letter.

Answer 8

He will come along, trust me!

Good luck!