Hi everyone,
so my mindee's mum comes in this morning and asks for some advice. She said the grandparents keep dropping comments about lo's speech and ask why he isnt saying anything, and keep trying to make him repeat things that make him go all shy.
So I said not to worry, they saw there h.visitor last month and she asked if he was saying anything yet and wasnt worried. I have heard him say 'no' and today he was practically saying 'up' and I have heard him say 'out' before too.
He tends to do make alot of facial expressions and hand gestures to express himslef, and he clearly understands simple requests etc. He was walking just before he was 1, and to me, he seems to understand alot.
At what age would you worry if a child was only occassionally saying a couple of words?
I think he is doing great, and told the mum that sometimes if children are advanced in other areas or concerntrating on learning something else, then speech or something else will take a back seat for a while, and to just use repetition alot and speak clearly, and to tell not the grandparents that he is saying a few words, and not to try and force him into speaking as this will make him clam up. I also told the mum that if he is going to speak, then Im sure he will do it more at home and with his parents where he feels most comfortable, so Im not suprised he wont say words after his grandparent.
I just wanted to reassure the mum as she has had pnd, and she said today she was worried they incase they were doing something wrong and thats why he wasnt speaking more.
My son is 11 months and uses the same phrases etc. for 'uh oh, all done, gone, no' and a tickling noise - but I think this is quite advanced - so it probably doesnt help when they come in and see him doing these things.
When there son started at 14 months I was amazed at how much he understood and how he could communicate without words exactly what he was trying to say!
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