Pandemic Babies and Speech

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Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with covid, but get a speech evaluation. The wait and see works with some kids and can really harm other kids.

You seem to know nothing about speech development.

Do enlighten us.

Babies must SEE how your mouth moves in order to learn how to speak normally. Duh.

My kid and the others in her class have no speech delays and they have masked providers. Duh.

DP Yes, congratulations, you and other parents have children that are not vulnerable to speech delays.
That doesn't mean other children aren't being impacted by masking. Duh. It also doesn't mean your children's social development is not being impacted.

It’s not universal then. Why are you making it out to be? Drama llama.

You don’t know that it isn’t universal, idiot, because you have no clue how advanced the normal kids could have been.

[Anonymous]

One of the first things they tell you in speech therapy is to make sure that when you’re labeling objects to hold them up by your face, so the child sees both the object and your mouth.

I will never understand why some parents on here are saying “well my kid is fine, so obviously this is impossible”. It’s ridiculous and, honesty, pretty sad. Of course this is affecting *some* kids, and your eagerness to mask all two year olds for years of their lives despite their developmental needs is pretty gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the first things they tell you in speech therapy is to make sure that when you’re labeling objects to hold them up by your face, so the child sees both the object and your mouth.

I will never understand why some parents on here are saying “well my kid is fine, so obviously this is impossible”. It’s ridiculous and, honesty, pretty sad. Of course this is affecting *some* kids, and your eagerness to mask all two year olds for years of their lives despite their developmental needs is pretty gross.

I agree with the above poster that it is affecting all kids as the normal-now child may have been advanced if not for masked teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with covid, but get a speech evaluation. The wait and see works with some kids and can really harm other kids.

You seem to know nothing about speech development.

Do enlighten us.

Babies must SEE how your mouth moves in order to learn how to speak normally. Duh.

My kid and the others in her class have no speech delays and they have masked providers. Duh.

DP Yes, congratulations, you and other parents have children that are not vulnerable to speech delays.
That doesn't mean other children aren't being impacted by masking. Duh. It also doesn't mean your children's social development is not being impacted.

It’s not universal then. Why are you making it out to be? Drama llama.

Misrepresenting what people are saying and namecalling are the hallmarks of a person that has no actual counterargument.

[Anonymous]

OP here. We seem to have gotten off track with this lazy business. If you give me your name and address, I’ll send you a prize for best parent.

I’m curious about those who are using daycare with no apparent speech issues. Has your daycare done anything differently. Or has anyone’s daycare in general thought about ways to compensate for muffled speech, facial movements, etc.

[Anonymous]

Why not advocate for daycare providers wearing those masks with a window for the mouth. I think that would help at least see the motion the lips are making for certain sounds which is an important part of learning to speak correctly. (May still sound muffled though.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not advocate for daycare providers wearing those masks with a window for the mouth. I think that would help at least see the motion the lips are making for certain sounds which is an important part of learning to speak correctly. (May still sound muffled though.)

When you say "advocate" I hope you mean "pay for". Those masks are not free.

[Anonymous]

Yes, this was my concern. I quit my job to stay home with my Nov2020 baby and kept my 5 yo home for fall semester to concentrate on improving speech after masked full day preK 2020-21. It sucks. Mask induced delays are the next thing people who denied it will admit... like school closures. Good luck, all

[Anonymous]

PP above, my 2 older sons continue in person masked school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We seem to have gotten off track with this lazy business. If you give me your name and address, I’ll send you a prize for best parent.

I’m curious about those who are using daycare with no apparent speech issues. Has your daycare done anything differently. Or has anyone’s daycare in general thought about ways to compensate for muffled speech, facial movements, etc.

I’m not 100% sure it’s not just luck but I will say one of our teachers does ASL as well as reading and singing and everything during circle time with the toddlers which might help? I know next to nothing alot speech therapy I even the science of speech development though so this is just wild speculation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We seem to have gotten off track with this lazy business. If you give me your name and address, I’ll send you a prize for best parent.

I’m curious about those who are using daycare with no apparent speech issues. Has your daycare done anything differently. Or has anyone’s daycare in general thought about ways to compensate for muffled speech, facial movements, etc.

I’m not 100% sure it’s not just luck but I will say one of our teachers does ASL as well as reading and singing and everything during circle time with the toddlers which might help? I know next to nothing about speech therapy or the science of speech development though so this is just wild speculation.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We seem to have gotten off track with this lazy business. If you give me your name and address, I’ll send you a prize for best parent.

I’m curious about those who are using daycare with no apparent speech issues. Has your daycare done anything differently. Or has anyone’s daycare in general thought about ways to compensate for muffled speech, facial movements, etc.

I’m not 100% sure it’s not just luck but I will say one of our teachers does ASL as well as reading and singing and everything during circle time with the toddlers which might help? I know next to nothing alot speech therapy I even the science of speech development though so this is just wild speculation.

It sounds helpful to me. But also, some kids just need a lot less repetition than others in order to learn. -np

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We seem to have gotten off track with this lazy business. If you give me your name and address, I’ll send you a prize for best parent.

I’m curious about those who are using daycare with no apparent speech issues. Has your daycare done anything differently. Or has anyone’s daycare in general thought about ways to compensate for muffled speech, facial movements, etc.

I’m not 100% sure it’s not just luck but I will say one of our teachers does ASL as well as reading and singing and everything during circle time with the toddlers which might help? I know next to nothing alot speech therapy I even the science of speech development though so this is just wild speculation.

ASL needs mouth movement. Singing and reading while masked are nice but don’t improve speech in babies and young toddlers. I hope all daycares to reading, singing, and circle time btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the first things they tell you in speech therapy is to make sure that when you’re labeling objects to hold them up by your face, so the child sees both the object and your mouth.

I will never understand why some parents on here are saying “well my kid is fine, so obviously this is impossible”. It’s ridiculous and, honesty, pretty sad. Of course this is affecting *some* kids, and your eagerness to mask all two year olds for years of their lives despite their developmental needs is pretty gross.

In many years of St my child did, never heard that once. And, kids aren't masking at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We seem to have gotten off track with this lazy business. If you give me your name and address, I’ll send you a prize for best parent.

I’m curious about those who are using daycare with no apparent speech issues. Has your daycare done anything differently. Or has anyone’s daycare in general thought about ways to compensate for muffled speech, facial movements, etc.

I’m not 100% sure it’s not just luck but I will say one of our teachers does ASL as well as reading and singing and everything during circle time with the toddlers which might help? I know next to nothing alot speech therapy I even the science of speech development though so this is just wild speculation.

That's nice for all kids but it is pretty meaningless with a child with receptive language issues.