Twenty-month-old with extremely poor enunciation

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[Post New]06/25/2015 11:26
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Anonymous wrote:What about a just turned 3 year old who still uses babble? My DD has words, but will try to speak in sentences that sound something like this "mommy, baba be da da outside deeba daba doggy." It's like she doesn't have the word for something, so she just makes up her own.

Additionally, I can understand about half of what she is trying to convey, but my DH and her preschool teachers report that they are only closer to 25%. We have her 3 year appointment coming up so I will mention it then but wondering about others' experiences...


I'm sorry, I don't know. My child doesn't really babble and never has. He doesn't say words until he can say them understandably, so I don't have any insights for you on this one. I wish we had some babbling!
[Post New]06/25/2015 12:28
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dancingsunflowers06
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If you are truly concerned, have you considered getting a second opinion from your pediatrician?

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[Post New]06/25/2015 12:29
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Anonymous
So a one year old can't speak clearly. I don't see the issue.
[Post New]06/25/2015 12:51
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Maybe just regular therapy


for the mom or kid?
[Post New]06/25/2015 12:54
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about a just turned 3 year old who still uses babble? My DD has words, but will try to speak in sentences that sound something like this "mommy, baba be da da outside deeba daba doggy." It's like she doesn't have the word for something, so she just makes up her own.

Additionally, I can understand about half of what she is trying to convey, but my DH and her preschool teachers report that they are only closer to 25%. We have her 3 year appointment coming up so I will mention it then but wondering about others' experiences...[/quote
Start your own thread. Don't hijack.


[Post New]06/25/2015 13:45
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Anonymous wrote:Sounds normal to me


me too. I have a 22 mo old and I"m all depressed that she's pronouncing stuff correctly.
TaToe is now tomato
nan-na is now banana
badoo is now bottle (not that she gets one
she can pronounce the cats full 3 syllable name. DEPRESSING!
Enjoy the baby talk while it lasts b/c I think over the next 4 months the mispronunciations will disappear one by one.

[Post New]06/25/2015 13:50
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Anonymous wrote:Sounds normal to me


same here
[Post New]06/25/2015 13:57
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Anonymous

No need for concern yet. Don't correct him like if he says wah-wah, don't say "no, say Water" but repeat it after him.

Son: I wan wah-wah
You: you want water? Okay, let's get some.


This is excellent advice. Also, get his ears checked by a specialist.


Look up your local Childfind specialist. My son didn't enunciate well at that age and had an undiagnosed ear fluid problem. We didn't get him evaluated because our pediatrician wasn't concerned, but it has had some lasting effects. He ended up with ear tubes and speech therapy, but his speech impediment is noticeable.
[Post New]06/25/2015 15:00
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Anonymous wrote:
No need for concern yet. Don't correct him like if he says wah-wah, don't say "no, say Water" but repeat it after him.

Son: I wan wah-wah
You: you want water? Okay, let's get some.


This is excellent advice. Also, get his ears checked by a specialist.


Look up your local Childfind specialist. My son didn't enunciate well at that age and had an undiagnosed ear fluid problem. We didn't get him evaluated because our pediatrician wasn't concerned, but it has had some lasting effects. He ended up with ear tubes and speech therapy, but his speech impediment is noticeable.


Yeah, I'm the PP who also had this experience. I can attest that there is a difference between a young toddler who says all her words wrong (like calls it a bah-na instead of banana), versus a kid like my son who has a global articulation issue (he says banana, but it sounds wrong). Because of his ear fluid, he never learned how to make an O shape with his mouth - like literally couldn't pucker his lips together to blow out a candle at age 3. He also didn't put his tongue up behind his teeth when making all of those sounds (L, T, N eg). So try saying "banana" but with your tongue jutting outside your teeth. You're still saying banana, but wrong. It turns out that because his hearing was so muffled from the fluid, he didn't have to work his mouth muscles hard to replicate those sounds. So he never used or built up those muscles, and now can't really use them without therapy. He probably would have grown out of it by age 6 or so, but that's a long time to ride it out.

Also to those who just say, oh no big deal because your pediatrician didn't flag it.... yeah, that's not really very comforting. Pediatricians aren't really experts in anything other than the day to day stuff like colds and shots, but are really just goal keepers for major issues. They're not going to know the difference between the normal kid above who says "bah-na" versus my son who says banana. If your gut says there is something amiss, see an audiologist and speech therapist.
[Post New]06/25/2015 15:02
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Anonymous
This is a joke thread, rigth?
[Post New]06/25/2015 15:46
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:This is a joke thread, rigth?


No, OP wasn't sure what was normal.
[Post New]06/25/2015 15:49
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Anonymous
whenever my 19 month old sees a truck he yells "COCK!!"

i'm not concerned
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