Mamas of Late Talkers...Tribe? - Page 2

[Abraisme]

My DS didn't say anything until he was 2. He had at least 100 signs and plenty of comprehension, but zero verbal language. He's now a perfectly normal 6yo, decently smart for his age and right on track. Some kids just take a little longer for things to click on, but once they do it happens fast!

[nia82]

It really depends on your circumstances too. Are there late talkers in your family? Are you bilingual?
We recently had DS evaluated just to see. His understanding is over 9 months ahead (understanding level of a 3 year old), his expressive language is technically behind. He just has a few words and signs and prefers to use those over words, and he's 26 months. However, he isn't considered delayed because he is bilingual and there are late talkers on both side of the family (who all started around 3 being monolingual, still ended up Valedictorians and with graduate degrees, children are just different). I don't worry too much about it. Just his exposure to English is little since DH comes home late a lot and his friends (2-4 year olds) don't talk a whole lot either, I mean if this age groups plays together, they act more than they talk really.

[thehighernest]

I think that "technically" we have a late talker DS too. Not sure - very odd situation. He had two words at just a year - then never said them again. Every couple of months he would add another one or two, just to forget them as easily. Until then and 17 months he said nothing. Then out of nowhere while doing a puzzle he said "no, not there." How do you go from not saying a single word to putting that together? Lol.

At 17 months, a speech therapist we spoke to informally sounded concerned, but at our 18 month appointment our pedi. said if his receptive language seemed okay (he understands EVERYTHING) and he even said just one or two things, he wasn't worried, and said to wait until the 2 year mark to look into it formally.

I can tell you that in the last week alone, he's added some words, but not necessarily fully understandable. Like he says "coo" for cookie - he just doesn't finish the word. For "apple" he'll make the "a" sound and nothing else. Not sure how normal this is. The whole language acquisition thing is fascinating to me, and I guess I'm just looking forward to him saying "mama" some day (he doesn't say that or "daddy") and just being able to communicate his needs.

[skybluepink02]

My son is 19 months old and has NO words. We actually got tubes put in his ears yesterday because he's got major fluid buildup that won't go away and is affecting his hearing fairly severely. I can already tell a huge difference. He turns around now when I call him, jumps at loud noises, etc. I'm hopeful that he will start picking up on words now and catch up to his bossy and very verbal twin sister!

[MoonJelly]

I could have written the OP about my 16mo DD, almost word-for-word.

I guess I am not concerned yet unless there is some sort of window where if she doesn't get help or whatever, that it will set her back or something. Like how it is with hearing. Does anyone know?

On the bilingual thing, DD's daycare provider is Korean-born. She does speak English but her accent is pretty thick. So, I am wondering if this has the same effect as being in a fully bilingual home. The provider's husband, who is a co-provider is a native English speaker but is Australian and retains only a slight accent. Their teenaged daughter is also usually in the home (homeschooled), was American-born and does not have a foreign accent, so DD does hear standard English there as well.

Does anyone know if being spoken to with a heavy accent would have a similar effect of delaying speech?

I also know that "Oma" does speak Korean when on the phone while my DD would be in earshot but she doesn't speak it directly to the kids. Not that I would have any problem with that but she just seems to prefer not to.

(OP, please let me know if you would prefer that I start a new topic.)

[mamadelbosque]

Sounds pretty similar to my ds1. He essentially didn't talk till 2 yrs. Like, seriously, he had 'mama, dada, and 'no'. That was about it. Till right around his 2nd birthday. Around 23.5-25.5/26 months his vocab *EXPLODED*. It was pretty crazy. We missed going to playgroup for a couple months and when we went back, he said 'more pudding please' to one of the teachers... and she didn't know who said it. Cause' she'd never heard his voice before!! He's 3.5 now and totally on-track for his age. Don't worry. At 18 months DS1 had *zero* words.

[marge234]

This web page was made by a parent of a late-talker who had no other issues. The first link isn't working but the others are. Thought it may be of interest.

http://speechdelay.atspace.com/