My daughter is 2 1/2 and has a little lisp. Her tongue slips when she pronounces S sounds so they're more like TH sounds. I had this problem as a kid and took speech classes for it. Should I see if she grows out of it or wait until she's in school to address it? She talks quite a bit and even strangers can comprehend her, so it's not a huge handicap.
2006-08-16 12:45:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She is still young... lisps are very common at this age- as long as strangers can understand at least 50% of what she says, there is not problem. This also commonly happens when children start to lose their baby teeth. By 5, if she hasn't grown out of the lisping, have her assessed by a speech pathologist. Luckily, you have had experience with this, so it should be no problem! In the meantime, keep talking to her. The more you model correct speech, the more she will become attuned to it.
2006-08-17 16:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by dolphin mama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming she is a thumb-sucker. I had the same problem and the same- speech classes. She may be a bit old for it, but give her a pacifier instead or put on the clear nail-polish that helps stop nail-biting-it also helps stop thumb-sucking.. It will help keep from an overbite and the speech impediment aka lisp. If she doesn't suck her thumb and this is just a lisp you are noticing... It is somewhat normal and her speech will improve as she gets older and learns more words.
2006-08-16 20:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by ♥-=-TLCNJ19-=-♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait until your daughter goes to school. She may still outgrow it. When your daught is about 4 years old you can show her the difference in the way the tongue is placed for the two different sounds (her "s" sound and the correct sound) by using a mirror. This sometimes helps.
2006-08-16 19:55:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my sister has a lisp and she started it when she just strarted to talk she has gone through speech classes in school and she is now 14 with a lisp soooo i dont really know what to tell you, if it were my child i would wait until kindergarten or 1st grade if its not gone by then, then the school will have people there for your child to work with..good luck
2006-08-16 19:51:42 · answer #4 · answered by dani may 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"S" is a difficult sound for kids and it is later developing...they will take her for speech at school if she is still lisping at age 7 or 8.
2006-08-16 20:03:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they start school if they still have it work with them reading out loud but right now there just learning how to sound out word and some sounds are harder then others
2006-08-16 20:00:01 · answer #6 · answered by shannon m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is rarely a handicap. Find the cause, sometimes it could be a dental problem. Don't just "hope" it goes away. If you think it is a problem help your daughter by gettign her whatever help she needs.
2006-08-16 19:50:19 · answer #7 · answered by cannon1977 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At age 7. It is speech appropriate till then. i'm a teacher.
2006-08-16 19:50:07 · answer #8 · answered by greenfrogs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do not worry, just work with her at home.
2006-08-16 21:22:43 · answer #9 · answered by shortansassy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋