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[quote=Anonymous]They say the same things every time we see them. It drives me nuts. Is there something I can do or do I just need to drink more?

DD is almost 3. She has elective mutism. We've got her in a bunch of therapy, we know what it stems from, we are 100% on top of it. This has been going on for about a year and a half. Every time we see the relatives we get the "she's STILL not talking?!" followed by the suggestions (some of which they attempt to implement and we have to shut it down) that we either bribe her to talk or punish her when she won't after being prompted. We get told we should talk with her doctor, that we should look for some kind of (vague) special school, that maybe it's because I work, that taking her to countries where people speak other languages is too confusing (we go on international vacations sometimes) and that's why she's not talking. You get the idea.

We've tried "Thanks, we'll ask her dr/therapists about that", "Interesting", "Oh", "Thanks for the idea", and flat out "We're on vacation so taking a break from working on this right now". We are confident that we are getting DD the best help that can be gotten, that we're doing everything we possibly can for her, and that their ideas are all shit. Any ideas of what I can do to stop this? We see them 4 or 5 times a year and it's always the same each year. I don't think screeching right in front of DD "She's STILL not talking?! Oh my GOD!" is great for her to hear. [/quote]

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