Language and child just turning 3

[mamazee]

My other child was very early with language and was speaking mcuh better when she was turning 2 than this child is as she turns 3. I don't know if my younger child is behind or average or what.

She understands language very well and can follow involved instructions, not just simple instructions. But people don't understand her well at all. She knows a lot of words, but only half to three-quarters are understandable, even by us in her family, and she doesn't form them into correct sentences but makes toddlerese sentences. "I go park" instead of "I want to go to the park." She also babbles some stil, like instead of "I go park" she might say "I babble babble babble go babble babble park."

Does this sound normal? Thanks!

[mommyofgb]

I feel ya there. DD was 3 in September and is still behind peers in the language dept. She can speak in full sentences, but the structure can be often incorrect and she is some what unintelligible. She is capable and often speaks in sentences consisting of ''mommy I want to go to the park'' or ''I want to outside and ride my bike'' but a lot of times I get ''I go outside'' or ''we go to the park?'' instead of full sentences. And sometimes she uses her words incorrectly, for example last night: ''Mommy, I want to go to sleep because, because, I want to go to sleep.''  I have had her evaluated twice at 2.5 and apparently she is where she should be in terms of normal development...I guess there really is a wide range of normal. Like your dd, mine can also follow long instructions, but the expressive language is still lagging. I am assuming she has a 3 year check up coming up soon, you could ask your pediatrician if you are concerned.