Hi, I have a 22 month old daughter who is a jabber mouth!! She's hilarious and totally knows what she's talking about. The problem is that it's almost like she doesn't know how to control her tongue. It gets in the way and her whole conversation ends up a muddled mess. She has a handfull of certain words she says loud and clear though. The only reason I'm wondering if this is normal is because the pediatrician mentioned a couple months back that it could be fluid in her ears and her hearing herself might sounds like under water. I don't want to believe this since she's only had 2 ear infections in her life and they're treating it like it's a chronic thing. To me she's a normal 2 year old talking. Has anyone else had experience with this and their child talking with their tongue?
I had a child in my daycare with a similar problem. He had his tonsils and adinoids (no clue how that is spelled) removed and he started to speak clearly very fast. He was having a hard time hearing because of the adinoids (sp?).
I have a daughter that is almost 3 and she talks nonstop. I can remember a year ago when she still talked just as much but so much of it was harder to understand. It was also funny that I would sometimes know exactly what she was saying and others who weren't around her as much really thought she was talking in another language. I just think at that age they don't pronounce things well and try to talk really fast because they are excited. The result is it is hard to understand what they are saying. My daughter became much better about 6mo ago or so. She is also more patient when I ask her to repeat herself because I didn't understand. We have also recently experienced her talking funny or nonsense purposely so we ask her "What?". I think it is also because she has a new baby sister that just makes funny noises. I know she knows they aren't words because she laughs when we ask her what she is saying. I wouldn't worry much about it and just watch how in time all those sounds will all of a sudden turn into comlete sentences and questions.
Hi, my name is Liz. And My song is 23 months and does the saemthing. His tongue gets in the way of everything. Even When he says grandpa he says it like, "Danda". So, Maybe that is why. I am gonna take my son to the doctor and see if they say the same thing. But it's not a chronic thing, I assure you.
i agree with contacting the birth to three program. my son was in it for speech(other reasons than yours). but they came to our home and worked around my schedule. they were very good. and then when you are done with the birth to three program and there is still a speech problem then your child goes into the school system for speech. but i would contact birth to three and see what they have to say!!
Hi C.. I also have a 22 month old daughter and she also speaks with her tongue. I found over the past month she has gotten better and pronouncing words, so I'm going to wait it out and see. I've never been told by her doctor that this was a problem. Our next checkup is in November. People have different views on this and in my opinion, she's only 2, let her jabber (and talk with her tongue) if she likes. She may grow out of it.
C.,
I would contact your local school and see if one of the speech pathologists can meet with you and your daughter and see what they think. If the school will not do it, check with your local health center of where she can be seen. My son went through the same thing. I did decide to have his Dr. did put tubes in his ears and that fixed some of the problems he was having, but since he had the problem for so long, and could not hear other people speak to him clearly, it caused a speech impediment. He was 3 when he started speaking, and now at the age of 5 he can still be hard to understand due to the impediment, however 90% of the time his speech is clear. Both the tubes and the wonderful local school made a huge difference in his world, and made mine a lot less frusterating because I can now undrstand what my son is trying to say.
I hope that all gets better soon with an easy resolve!!!
P.
Hi C.-
If you do research about toddlers and speech, you'll get tons of information that tells you that from about 2-5 years, children's speech grows so rapidly that their brains and mouths can barely keep up with one another. Also, they are just starting to develop the muscles that make certain sounds. I'd just be patient when she is talking, let her get out what she has to say. It's more important that you acknowledge that her words are important and interesting to you, than what she is actually saying.
A.
Try the Birth To Three Program. They will come to your home to assess your child and make the determination if they think she has a need for therapy and if she qualifies for treatment, which would probably be every week for six months. If your insurance doesn't cover this, the State picks up the tab, unless there is a small co-pay. I have heard their Speech Therapists do a wonderful job with noticeable improvements in a short amount of time.
Hello,
My son also had the same problem, we ended up putting tubes in his ears, it also made a hugh difference. My son is now 6 years old and speaking very well. I hope this helps, good luck.
