i have a 22 monthold daughter,whom does not talk much.should i be worried yet?

Question

her sister who is older talked well before now.should i see a speech therapist?

Answer 1

No she will and then like most females you won't be able to get her to stop. Just joking by the way.

Answer 2

my daughter is 21 months old and she talks alot actually she doesnt shut up lol most things you can understand and some things are just babbling but in a full conversation she is learning to put sentences together. But then when my partners nephew was 18 months old you could have an actual conversation with him and understand everything he said. Ans my friend has a 20 month old and he only says mum dad sis no and yeah. I think they all do it at their own pace like crawling and walking you cant really compare them cause they are all individiuals before you know it she will be talking your ear off. But if you are worried then take to a specialist it cant hurt.

Answer 3

I honestly think you should have your daughter evaluated. Call your local Early Intervention office. They will come to your home and do the evaluation for free. If your daughter has a delay, they will provide services (which is free as well). You don't need a referral from a doctor for this.

Your daughter should have more than a few words by now. I look at it this way. Having the evaluation will do no harm. If there's a problem, your daughter will get therapy early which can make a HUGE difference in her progress. If there's no problem; you have peace of mind and don't need to worry. Either way, you can't really go wrong.

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 4

I assume shes has gone to all her reg check ups with your family physician?

Assuming that..its not all that uncommon for 2nd childen to talk later than the 1st ones.

This is especially true if she has developed her own language to get what she wants...
THink about it... how does she tell you what she wants????
communicate her needs???

If this is a big deal to you then you can try not giving her what she right off and tell her the reg word... so if she says
UHUH for water
yu say oh ok you want some water?? ok say water.. and so on... let her fuss a bit and once you see her make that attempt give it to her even its not perfect...

Id not worry too much.. but you could get her hearing checked just to be sure... there is not much else at 2 they can check if she is no target in other developemental areas

Whatever you do... no baby talk or baby words... dont use HER words ..use adult language and she will get it...

Finally if you see other odd behaviors or other delays have her evaluated..

GOood Luck!

Wismom

Answer 5

Usually when kids are around other children they pick up on speech from each other. Does your daughter try to repeat things that you say. My son tried to talk at 8 or 9 months, because I would read to him and show him the pictures and point out things that we saw. Now he's 21 mos and has short sentences that he can say. I think that reading to him has helped a lot and I also tell him to repeat things. I make sure that he's watching me talk so that he can see the way the lips form to pronounce the words. He was saying Deeetroit Basketball at about 14 months.

Answer 6

Good day!

It is normal that your daughter does not speak much. Think of it as part of her personality. She's probably more of an observer. At this time the big sister, Mom and others speak for her. She's happy, she's hears well, she eats well....then I would not worry.

I'm a Grandma and my 2 year old grandson speaks more than his 4 year old brother. Your daughter is taking her time but is absorbing every little word and sound around her.

Enjoy her!!!

....with love and gratitude

Minnie xx

Answer 7

I'm qualified to teach under 5's. If you're worried, have a word with your health visitor. A good way to promote language development is to use loads of books, especially books with photos rather than pictures - you should find lots of these available at your local library. Spend time sitting with your daughter looking at books and talk to her about the different photos in them. Encourage her to point by asking her to show you different things on the page, such as colour, animals, teddies, etc. The more you sit with her and talk to her, the more likely she is to talk more. Make sure you use words that she can understand (age-appropriate language) and encourage her to say the words after you. I wouldn't worry too much as kids tend to develop at different times and when they're ready to do so.

Answer 8

All children are different, this one will be quicker than her sister at some thing else. Give her time and lots of encouragement and make sure the older one isn't doing the talking for her. I think it is a bit soon to worry.

Answer 9

I am in the same situation, but diont worry, she doesnt need to talk like you say she has an older sister, they do the comunicating for the baby, if you get a drink for the older one you assume the younger one wants one too, am I right, look seriously dont worry, have her hearing checked, but if nothing shows up lret it come in her own time, once she starts you wont shut her up!!!!

Answer 10

My daughter is 21 months old and she is the very same !!! Some just come on quicker than others !!! It worries me at times but i have been told by my health visitor that she should have 6 words by the time shes two !!! Don't worry..................it will soon happen and we'll be complaining that they won't shut up ! LOL xx

Answer 11

I have a son who is now almost 2 1/2 and I was worryed because right when he was going to be two he still was not talking alot.I knew that he knew words he just would not use them.Do not worry...Right as he turned two he started to talk and now that is all he wants to do.She will do it in her own time all kids do.