I have twin boys - they are 2 years and 4 months. They hear three languages at home - grandma speaks one, my husband speaks second and speak third to them. They can identify all animals and shapes in all languages, but they only say "mama", "dada" and "Tedo" (name of one of the twins). I've read that children of their age should be able to speak 2-word sentences, and i don't know if it time to raise alarm. Please advise.
2007-01-08 12:11:08 · 11 answers · asked by maytwelve 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
i have twins - identical girls who are 2 years and 8 mths, and at 2 yrs and 2 mths they had a development check with a health visitor, and i was worried, as they only said one words, and alot of them were hard to understand. i stopped worrying about and somewhere between now and july they just sprung into sentence on there own, and now i have great big whopping sentences of about 7 words, the only thing i would suggest is surround them with people having conversations (pref in the same language at once) and they will pick upfrom that, mine also speak some words in spannish as well as english, and that hasnt affected it in any way. twins are a law to themselves, and seem to do everything on different time scales to singleton babies. theres a uk twins website called www.twinsclub.co.uk there advice forum is great, is you post on there i can guarentee you will get loads of helpful responses from mothers of twins in exactly the same boat .. its my lifeline
2007-01-08 20:09:49 · answer #1 · answered by nikki c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you have a bi-lingual home it's harder for children to just grasp one language causing them to learn a little slower than those on average with one language. But don't worry so much and try to draw connections between words in all three languages to not cause confusion. If it gets to the point that they're in pre-school or kindergarten you might want to take them to a speech thearpist which might be provided at your local school.
2007-01-08 12:17:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you need to be alarmed...they understand speech so that means they just have to work on their expressive language. I'm starting to see the same problem with my 19month old boy. My ped. said at 2 years, if he hasn't improved his vocabulary, then we would discuss a speech therapist. I say you make an appt. with the ped to talk about therapy. Most every state offers "early intervention" where a therapist will come to your home and it's free! I don't think a little extra help would hurt.
2007-01-08 14:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by emrobs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had the same problem with our girl, she is 4 now... and we only speak 2 languages at home... it takes times, but they will start talking, the doctor told us that it was for the different languages, but she finally did talk and now we can not stop her...lol.... give them time. Good luck
2007-01-08 12:36:46 · answer #4 · answered by Lau 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even regardless of the incontrovertible fact that they are twins, they are nevertheless 2 little human beings. And as you realize, each guy or woman in this international develops at distinctive costs. I my self am a twin and from chatting with my mom, we stepped forward at distinctive situations. I had lots of hair and enamel formerly my twin did, yet I wore diapers lots longer than my twin becuse i did not potty prepare as speedy as my twin did. So back it relies upon on the youngster.
2016-10-30 09:30:49 · answer #5 · answered by herrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
every kid develops at different rates, expecillay if they are hearing all these different languages. they may not know which one to use, or even know all three very well but not sure in which instances to use their different languages. it will all come in time, talk to ur doctor to see if anything is wrong, im sure that there is not, but to be safe, i would talk to the twins doctor. PLUS, twins sometimes develope at a slower rate then single children.
goodluck!
2007-01-08 12:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by DiGi Momma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one tip i have found to work is to talk to them a lot. this sounds very obvious but some parents dont do it. every time u hand them something say the word (maybe even a few times). and when they want something encourage them to say it. and i agree with the other answers. some kids talk at 1 but i have known kids not to talk until they are 3. and sometimes they are building up the words in their head and one day it all comes out hehe. good luck!
2007-01-08 14:16:43 · answer #7 · answered by keli_03 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that multiples often reinforce speech problems. Ex: If one says R's wrong they both will. I doubt this is the cause I think they are just filtering the languages.
2007-01-08 13:57:53 · answer #8 · answered by queenlandry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They will talk when they are ready...I dont think there is much cause for alarm. My daughter was the same way just a few months ago and now I cant get her to stop talking :) Just give them time.
2007-01-08 12:22:12 · answer #9 · answered by D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am thinking that a speech therapist may be in order or they are just so catered too that speaking hasn't really been necessary and they will catch up.
2007-01-08 12:15:33 · answer #10 · answered by sunny_day_grl 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋