All About Delayed Speech

[UncleLim]

Castle House:

Hi


If the doc has checked and mentioned is speech delay.. then not to worry..

For 1st bb esp.. for some boys.. they are much slower..

My nephew started talking only when was 4yo. and also got my sis worried..

But now he is a smart boy.. sitting for his PSLE soon..

I agree.

No cause for concern. My eldest was slow too at that age.

[Chenonceau]

One mother was telling her grandmother that she was worried that her son had not yet grown any teeth at 1.5 years. Her toothless Grandma replied, \"There is nothing to worry about. In all my 85 years on earth, I have never attended a wedding where the bridegroom had no teeth. They'll grow by then.\" :rotflmao:


I reckon your kid will know how to talk by the time he gets married. Meanwhile, he probably throws tantrums because he can't get himself understood. The thing is, when a mom is very close to her child, she learns to understand him without words. This is difficult to do if the mom works long hours though...

[RRMummy]

shirley_low67:

He is now in full day child care since Jan this year. Although teacher said that he is picking up words now, I am still very worried that he will be lag behind and he lose confidence when he is with his peers where others could speak well and he could not!

Hi shirley,

My DD1 was also not very expressive before she entered childcare at . But the childcare setup and all the interactions she got in all those hours with peers and teachers gave her much more chance to pick up words as compared to the time she was at the nanny's. Same happened to my DD2 when she entered at an older age with limited talking coz taken care by the maid. Also became more yakatty-yak after being in CC.

All the sing-along helps a lot.. :boogie: Although they do pick up cheeky stuff too at times..

I tell you once they start, they really cannot stop.. sometimes really have to tell her to zip-it-up for 5 minutes for some peace

[RRMummy]

Chenonceau:

One mother was telling her grandmother that she was worried that her son had not yet grown any teeth at 1.5 years. Her toothless Grandma replied, \"There is nothing to worry about. In all my 85 years on earth, I have never attended a wedding where the bridegroom had no teeth. They'll grow by then.\" :rotflmao:

:rotflmao: this grandma super cute and wise!! :rotflmao:

fren, thanks for the laugh but :offtopic: la!

:offtopic: p.s since you like the coffee story, thought maybe you like this too... http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/two-wolves-inside-us-all

:celebrate:

[Chenonceau]

RRMummy:

Chenonceau:

One mother was telling her grandmother that she was worried that her son had not yet grown any teeth at 1.5 years. Her toothless Grandma replied, \"There is nothing to worry about. In all my 85 years on earth, I have never attended a wedding where the bridegroom had no teeth. They'll grow by then.\" :rotflmao:

:rotflmao: this grandma super cute and wise!! :rotflmao:

fren, thanks for the laugh but :offtopic: la!

:offtopic: p.s since you like the coffee story, thought maybe you like this too... http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/two-wolves-inside-us-all

:celebrate:

I love it! :love:

[leo]

shirley_low67:

Hi all


I am very new here. My son is going 3 years old next month. Both DH and myself are very concerned about his speech. At this age, he is unable to speak in sentence. He can merely say words like \"mummy, daddy, porpor, gonggong, chercher, gorgor, ah yee, teacher\", some fruits like \"apple, banana, grapes, pear\", other things like \"bag, comb, tree, car, boy, girl, duck\"

He does try to speak double or triple syllabus like \"strawberry, elephant\" but the pronounciation wasn't there.

At the same time, he also throws tantrums. I brought him to KK to review his development issues as I am really worried that he might be autistic.

The KK doc assured me that he is not autistic, just slow in speech as in his early years he is taken care by maid and mil who doesn't speak much to him. We have an appointment in September in Ministry of Health to train us (parents) how to teach kids with speech problem.

He is now in full day child care since Jan this year. Although teacher said that he is picking up words now, I am still very worried that he will be lag behind and he lose confidence when he is with his peers where others could speak well and he could not.

I have been looking around for enrichment courses. I am not sure whether courses in \"I can read\", L central or Morris Allen as these courses seems to be meant for kids that can speak.

Can mummies here be kind enough to suggest what kind of enrichment course will benefit him? I am staying in Punggol. I am also quite careful with the type of course as it didn't come cheap.

Thanks!

Shirley, cc will 'force' him to learn to speak more so you might see progress soon. Meantime, I recommend this book which you can borrow from the library (might need to reserve). Its from hanen (a institute) called It Takes Two, and teachs caregiver how to 'make' your child to open his mouth more.

FYI, my DD had almost the same problem as your DS. How is his chewing btw? Can he take solid food (eg meat)? Cos the chewing also strengthens the oral muscles which affect how we pronounce words

[jedamum]

leo:

How is his chewing btw? Can he take solid food (eg meat)? Cos the chewing also strengthens the oral muscles which affect how we pronounce words

leo,
my boy also had this problem which was highlighted by our speech therapist. we were told that while some kids outgrow the delay in speech by catching up when 'the time has come', some kids need early intervention before they miss the developmental 'window' which will make 'rectification/therapy' more difficult/tedious (in our case, our boy's ear was partially block which may have affected in a way, together with my lapse in parenting :oops:). so parents should not dismiss 'speech delay' lightly and should monitor closely.

[Chenonceau]

jedamum:

leo:

How is his chewing btw? Can he take solid food (eg meat)? Cos the chewing also strengthens the oral muscles which affect how we pronounce words

leo,
my boy also had this problem which was highlighted by our speech therapist. we were told that while some kids outgrow the delay in speech by catching up when 'the time has come', some kids need early intervention before they miss the developmental 'window' which will make 'rectification/therapy' more difficult/tedious (in our case, our boy's ear was partially block which may have affected in a way, together with my lapse in parenting :oops:). so parents should not dismiss 'speech delay' lightly and should monitor closely.

Thanks for sharing this. I will tick this nugget away in my mind just in case the GrandKids have speech delay.

[botakgundul]

shirley_low67:

At the same time, he also throws tantrums. I brought him to KK to review his development issues as I am really worried that he might be autistic.

The KK doc assured me that he is not autistic, just slow in speech as in his early years he is taken care by maid and mil who doesn't speak much to him.

Autistic kid normally doesn't like to do eye contact. They like repetition. They like to repeat what you are saying. They don't know feeling such as happy, sad, afraid etc. Normally, autistic kid will have sensory issue such as sensitive to noise/sound, touch etc. Their motor skill is delayed also.

If your son doesn't have the above symptom then he is not autistic.

The speech delay may be caused by his weak oral motor. Normally if the kid has weak oral motor, he may not able to pronounce well. You may get OT (Occupation Therapist) to do assessment for your son.

Hope my info helps you.

Cheers,

Hope

[jedamum]

Chenonceau:

Thanks for sharing this. I will tick this nugget away in my mind just in case the GrandKids have speech delay.

Chenonceau,
as much as parenting needs skills, it need a lot of luck too. both my boys watch similar amount of tv when young, but why ds2 grew reliant on it affecting his other skills? with this little ds2 of mine, i learnt a lot more about child-rearing than when ds1 was little (most likely cos i was working then and ds1 was under the care of the grandma). so i blamed myself for starting off the wrong foot for ds2 and ignite the wrath of the grandma when i tried weaning ds2 off his tv (i roped dh in to disconnect the starhub box and returned it for good). Then the pre-school teacher dropped a bomb on us to get ds2 observed for adhd which on hindsight was a blessing in disguise. i am now sure he is not, but the checkup revealed speech delay, blocked ears, my lapse in parenting etc when I thought that he should just be left alone to develop on his own and not be compared to his linguistically-more-advanced brother.
luck...we need that too as parents.