Odd speech pattern?

[Anonymous]

What would cause a child, nearly 2, to have a speach pattern in which the ends of words are expanded and sort of trill off? Like, “Can I have ice creeeEEEAM? Ice creeeEEEAM?” Or “Can we goooOOO?” Even asking questions like, what color or what do you want to eat, you get, “GreeeEEEN” or “PretzelllLLLS”

Does anyone know of any speech impediment that this could be? And at what age should we be concerned?

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't worry about it till age 3. Your child is one and still figuring out language.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't worry about it till age 3. Your child is one and still figuring out language.

+1

[Anonymous]

My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

[Anonymous]

It is most likely a phase--he's figured out that it's fun to talk that way, and will stop in a few weeks and move on to something else that is equally irritating.

If it continues for several months, then I'd ask his ped about it. But I can't count the number of things I was worried about that turned out to be inane phases. It will leave your mind the minute it passes until someone puts up a DCUM post about it five years later...

[Anonymous]

Normal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

Not any speech therapist my kid has had. Correct it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

Not any speech therapist my kid has had. Correct it.

No. You model appropriate speech, “Model words for your children so they can imitate your speech, but don’t ask kids to repeat themselves when they’ve mispronounced something.”
http://www.metrokids.com/MetroKids/March-2012/How-To-Identify-Speech-Problems/


Ooooover eeenunciating is not modeling and just plain aaaaaanoying. Get out of the habit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

I am PP and my kid was actually in speech for a bit before he tested out, and our ST broke things down by syllable so he could hear it clearly. She'd even clap along to something like tri-an-gle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

I am PP and my kid was actually in speech for a bit before he tested out, and our ST broke things down by syllable so he could hear it clearly. She'd even clap along to something like tri-an-gle.

You’re not a ST. Model appropriate speech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

I am PP and my kid was actually in speech for a bit before he tested out, and our ST broke things down by syllable so he could hear it clearly. She'd even clap along to something like tri-an-gle.

Ok, so your kid had free weekly speech with speech therapists .... big deal. Mine was in 2-5 days a week for years. Yours sounds not very good. Clap it out. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

I am PP and my kid was actually in speech for a bit before he tested out, and our ST broke things down by syllable so he could hear it clearly. She'd even clap along to something like tri-an-gle.

Ok, so your kid had free weekly speech with speech therapists .... big deal. Mine was in 2-5 days a week for years. Yours sounds not very good. Clap it out. No.

While time consuming, spending 5 days a week at ST sadly only makes you an expert on your child's specific diagnosis. My child tested out after 5 months so clearly had a different diagnosis, therefore different interventions than your child. And ftr, she was not free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 2.5 yo does this. I think he's imitating me when I slow down and try to enunciate things clearly for him.

Stop doing this. Pretty much every ST my kids had this as a pet peeve. Just talk normally. That's how kids learn.

I am PP and my kid was actually in speech for a bit before he tested out, and our ST broke things down by syllable so he could hear it clearly. She'd even clap along to something like tri-an-gle.

Ok, so your kid had free weekly speech with speech therapists .... big deal. Mine was in 2-5 days a week for years. Yours sounds not very good. Clap it out. No.

While time consuming, spending 5 days a week at ST sadly only makes you an expert on your child's specific diagnosis. My child tested out after 5 months so clearly had a different diagnosis, therefore different interventions than your child. And ftr, she was not free.

So, 5 months of weekly speech makes you an expert at language issues. You don't clap it out. Your child probably was fine and the therapy was a sham.