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KAREN I(95)
Karen I(95)
14/08/2015 at 11:36 am
Hi mums, I have a 2 year old son who is not developing words, he can only say mama and he says it whenever he wishes so I can't say he's referring to me,  he tries to say 'one' but it comes out as "waa" he says no but again says it when he wants to not really relating to when you talk to him.he babbles a lot of rubbish like the baby babbling. He doesn't follow instructions, like when you ask him to get his shoes or slippers he will begin to cry and at other times he will ignore you, he responds to his name but when his attention is on something he would ignore you completely if you call him. He sucks his tongue a lot so I don't know if it's the cause or from his tongue. He can't point to things he wants rather he'll prefer to push you to get it and if you don't understand him he'll cry and throw himself on the floor. He had a hearing test which came out fine and so not the problem. I am really worried pls has anyone experienced this with their little one or any advice on how I can help him? Thanks
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MARY H(6)
mary h(6)
16/08/2015 at 9:25 am
Hi Ify

My advice to you is ask your hv to pop round for a chat tell her how things our and hopefully she will advise the next step
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ANONYMOUS
Anonymous
16/08/2015 at 3:26 pm
Hi Ify A I agree with the previous post. I would ask  your HV for a referral to the Speech & language therapy service. You could even refer directly if it's a while before you're able to see your HV. Hope this helps all the best
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ANONYMOUS
Anonymous
16/08/2015 at 4:06 pm
my 3 yr old is like that and currently waiting 4 appointment 2 see specialist. been on waiting list since easter. my 2 yr old has followed his big brother and dnt speak much. I find it very fustrating when I can't understand them x
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ANONYMOUS
Anonymous
16/08/2015 at 8:44 pm
Waiting lists are unfortunately long on the NHS. If you're able to afford it going private may be an option.
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ANONYMOUS
Anonymous
17/08/2015 at 7:55 am
[+UOTE=Ify A(5);14092985]Hi mums, I have a 2 year old son who is not developing words, he can only say mama and he says it whenever he wishes so I can't say he's referring to me,  he tries to say 'one' but it comes out as "waa" he says no but again says it when he wants to not really relating to when you talk to him.he babbles a lot of rubbish like the baby babbling. He doesn't follow instructions, like when you ask him to get his shoes or slippers he will begin to cry and at other times he will ignore you, he responds to his name but when his attention is on something he would ignore you completely if you call him. He sucks his tongue a lot so I don't know if it's the cause or from his tongue. He can't point to things he wants rather he'll prefer to push you to get it and if you don't understand him he'll cry and throw himself on the floor. He had a hearing test which came out fine and so not the problem. I am really worried pls has anyone experienced this with their little one or any advice on how I can help him? Thanks[/QUOTE]

Hi my name is Aleksandra and  i  have son who is 2 and 8 month old. when he was 2 years he was just like your son. We went to children centre and i there i heard for the first time that he is behind with his develpoment. since then he have been seen by speech andlanguage therapist few times. Perhaps you could go to speech and language therapist gp, hv or even staff from children centres or nursery can reffer your son. my son still doesnt follow instruction , just recently start to pointing, he never join with other children when is story time or singing time. he cover his ears when children starts to siinging .his eye contact improve since 8 month ago but some things did not improveing or maybe just very little little bit. Sorry for my english, iam polish mom. If you have some questions you can write to me please.
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Anonymous
17/08/2015 at 9:12 am
My son is 2 and a half, he also isnt saying alot of words alot less than what he "should" he will often say 'ga' for 'da' and clicks instead of 'n'. I went to his first speech therapy assessment? (Not sure) last week and was given a few activities to try out with him.
One was to use bubbles to encourage words, so basicly playing with bubbles and saying things like Big bubbles! Little bubbles! And asking them to pop the bubbles with their fingers and shouting POP! More bubbles and all gone!
I was also given a sheet on encouraging my son to point or find things eg Find the teddy, wheres your shoes?
And getting teddys or toys together and asking your son to brush the teddy or give teddy a drink.
Its early days but I personally find animal noises are great espesially sssss for snake.
And just making everything fun! My neighbours must be sick of me saying ready steady GOOOOOO!

Another thing is you can buy little charts off ebay and other websites so your child can show you what they want to eat/wear etc.

I do find his speech therapist only wants to tick boxes though..

I know its hard, I cant wait for the day my son asks me for a hug or tells me he loves me too.. always remember einstein didnt speak till he was 4!
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JULIE P(980)
Julie P(980)
10/01/2021 at 5:11 pm
Hi I am very interested in hearing how your son has developed since you wrote this. My Grandson is very similar to this and has been referred by his nursery.
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ASHLEY K(76)
Ashley K(76)
08/02/2021 at 5:07 pm
In answer to
Karen I(95)
Hi mums, I have a 2 year old son who is not developing words, he can only say mama and he says it whenever he wishes so I can't say he's referring to me,  he tries to say 'one' but it comes out as "waa" he says no but again says it when he wants to not really relating to when you talk to him.he babbles a lot of rubbish like the baby babbling. He doesn't follow instructions, like when you ask him to get his shoes or slippers he will begin to cry and at other times he will ignore you, he responds to his name but when his attention is on something he would ignore you completely if you call him. He sucks his tongue a lot so I don't know if it's the cause or from his tongue. He can't point to things he wants rather he'll prefer to push you to get it and if you don't understand him he'll cry and throw himself on the floor. He had a hearing test which came out fine and so not the problem. I am really worried pls has anyone experienced this with their little one or any advice on how I can help him? Thanks
I would also like to know how they are doing. Having a similar situation with my little one.


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NICOLE S(38)
Nicole S(38)
13/02/2021 at 8:41 pm
In answer to
Ashley K(76)
I would also like to know how they are doing. Having a similar situation with my little one.


This isn’t my post but this is exactly what my daughter is like and she was diagnosed with autism recently.
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ASHLEY K(76)
Ashley K(76)
14/02/2021 at 3:05 pm
In answer to
Nicole S(38)
This isn’t my post but this is exactly what my daughter is like and she was diagnosed with autism recently.
Can I ask, how old is your daughter? Does she do things like give you hugs, play hide and seek, and eat with a utensil? Is she talking at all? When reading up on autism, some of the things my LO does but a lot she doesn’t. She is in speech therapy now but I am just trying to be prepared.
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NICOLE S(38)
Nicole S(38)
14/02/2021 at 3:14 pm
In answer to
Ashley K(76)
Can I ask, how old is your daughter? Does she do things like give you hugs, play hide and seek, and eat with a utensil? Is she talking at all? When reading up on autism, some of the things my LO does but a lot she doesn’t. She is in speech therapy now but I am just trying to be prepared.
My daughter is 2 and a half she will hug and kiss me on her terms, hide and seek is her favourite thing to play, she can eat with utensils but prefers to eat with her hands and she stopped speaking at 16 months old she’s starting to talk again just now and I couldn’t be more proud of how far she’s come.
Edited on 14/02/2021 at 3:15 pm by Nicole S(38)
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ASHLEY K(76)
Ashley K(76)
14/02/2021 at 3:30 pm
In answer to
Nicole S(38)
My daughter is 2 and a half she will hug and kiss me on her terms, hide and seek is her favourite thing to play, she can eat with utensils but prefers to eat with her hands and she stopped speaking at 16 months old she’s starting to talk again just now and I couldn’t be more proud of how far she’s come.
Thank you for your answers. Yes, that all sounds very familiar. My LO does things on her own terms and will ignore you when she wants. The lack of following directions or the frustration when asked to do things, like put this in the bucket, is what concerned me at first. She isn’t speaking and will only really say dada and go. We are working with a speech therapist but any advice or things that worked really well for you?
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NICOLE S(38)
Nicole S(38)
14/02/2021 at 3:42 pm
In answer to
Ashley K(76)
Thank you for your answers. Yes, that all sounds very familiar. My LO does things on her own terms and will ignore you when she wants. The lack of following directions or the frustration when asked to do things, like put this in the bucket, is what concerned me at first. She isn’t speaking and will only really say dada and go. We are working with a speech therapist but any advice or things that worked really well for you?
Putting my daughter in nursery helped so much but singing nursery rhymes with my daughter has worked for us she can count to 20 and knows the whole alphabet but again will only say it on her terms we also take photographs of her whole day so a picture of her breakfast then the bath then clothes if you get what I mean and this has reduced the meltdowns massively. She has a full time 1-1 in nursery and this has helped too .
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NICOLA W(3658)
Nicola W(3658)
15/02/2021 at 7:47 pm
Hi all I'm having similar issues with my son. He's 2.5 and was hitting all of his milestones and talking fine until he hit 2 then he stopped saying a lot of things. He barely speaks now sometimes I think its his choice as he knows the words and other times I'm not sure. His behaviour have completely changed too he went from a lovely happy boy to a monster sometimes you can't even talk to him as his temper is awful and just throws a tantrum for no reason. We've seen speech and language (over zoom) and at first I helped to started to say things that he'd stopped saying and could name all of the paw patrol characters but now it feels like he's gone down hill again and stopped saying most things apart from mamma dadda and no. He goes to nursery 2 days a week and doesn't join in with any of the other kids. He has an older brother but would rather sit alone with his cars then play with him most of the time.
We saw a paediatrician who said he doesn't have core autism but has speech delay and to go back in 5 months. I'm just struggling to help him and find ways to enjoy being around him I feel like all he does is screech and cry 🙈.
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