r/speechdelays

My little boy is almost 2. He’s really social, lovely, affectionate and engaging. He initiates interaction, loves people, understands lots, and all his other development seems on track.

But he still doesn’t say any words at all — not even consistent animal noises or play sounds. He’s had his hearing checked and that was all fine.

We’ve seen speech therapy and AAC was suggested, but there’s no regular therapy at the moment. We’ve also been consistently using all the strategies the speech therapist suggested for over 6 months now.

Since he was born we’ve constantly read to him, sung to him, talked to him, engaged with him, played with him, and taken him to groups/classes, so I don’t feel like it’s a lack of interaction or stimulation.

He’s also been using signs since around 9–10 months old. Very occasionally he’ll do an animal noise or sound once, and then not do it again for months. Sometimes it honestly feels more like regression than progress, which is what worries me.

Everyone keeps telling me to “wait and see” but I just have this feeling that it’s more than just being a late talker.

I think what confuses me is that he’s so connected socially and seems bright in every other way.

Would really appreciate hearing from parents whose children were similar around this age. Did speech come later? Was there eventually a diagnosis or was it just a speech delay? Did anything help?

Please tell me parents
What is considered speech delay
For toddlers 30-31 months old
Because i see on the internet children with very advance vacabulary
And 5 phrase sentences and more . And they answer very complex questions
And i dont know what to think
My boy has more than 150 words
Can say 2-3 word phrases
But most of the time he preferes to use 1 word
For the things that he wants
Answers questions like “who is this? Or what is this”
Brief eye contact
Turns head when you call him
No repetetive behaivor
Please tell me your experience and how it turned for you

My son is 3 next month and im wondering how I go about potty training with a delay?

He cannot say peepee/pee or poo/poopoo and he doesnt have any signs for it either. He doesnt give me any indicator that he needs to go and when he is nappy free the only thing he does if he is about to pee is look down at his penis or grab it (peeing on his hands).

How did you guys go about starting? Do i try and teach him a sign to say he needs to go? (even though he doesnt tell me anyway).

If I just sit him on the potty and he starts associating the potty with going toilet, how will he tell me he needs to go when we are out and about?

When we are out and about and I carry a portable potty with us, if he randomly lets me know he needs to go, am I meant to just pull out the potty anywhere and sit him on it?

How do i go about this?

Hi everyone. My LO is diagnosed with low ferritin, low iron, and low iron saturation. We’ve started iron supplements. He‘s also speech delayed at 22 months (less than 10 words). I’m reading that there could be a possible link between iron deficiency and speech delay among toddlers. if your toddler had a similar case, did iron supplements help with their speech?

PS. We‘re starting speech therapy this week.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 🙏

Please tell me parents
What is considered speech delay
For toddlers 30-31 months old
Because i see on the internet children with very advance vacabulary
And 5 phrase sentences and more . And they answer very complex questions
And i dont know what to think
My boy has more than 150 words
Can say 2-3 word phrases
But most of the time he preferes to use 1 word
For the things that he wants
Answers questions like “who is this? Or what is this”
But nothing andvanced
Please tell me your experience

Our 26th month is an official talker! the problem is now he has missed a year or more of practice making sounds so his skills are behind. he can make some sounds very clearly but others are severely lacking.

Has anyone been through similar and has a recommendation on what exercises are beneficial or some online resources.

Hi everyone. I posted in this group about my son’s speech regression before. After many unsuccessful attempts to get a referral from our family doctor (who brushes off all my concerns), I could finally take my LO to the pediatrician. and she found some fluid in both his ears, but said it’s not significant, he doesn’t need tubes yet, we need to wait a couple of months to see if it resolves on its own. also, he’ll have a hearing test in 2 months as a follow up because the first one was incomplete (my LO was uncomfortable and the technician didn’t care much).

Long story short, I told the ped that we got a private insurance to take him to speech therapy (EI waitlist is 10months in Toronto now), and she approved our decision, didn’t recommend waiting.

But my husband thinks we need to wait until the next hearing test at least. Because his hearing is probably like underwater these days. If you ever were in a similar situation, what did you do?

Thank you for your inputs. 🫶