my daughter has just turned 3 and can barely talk is this normal?

Question

she can say the odd word but when she trys to have a conversation with me i can barley understand what shes saying to me shes very disruptive and when i try to learn her new words she dosent want to listen shes also very agressive towards me

Answer 1

By the age of 3 the average child can say 3 word sentences (give me ball, I want milk, pick me up, etc.) You as her parent should be able to understand her better than a stranger would. You should understand most of what she says while a stranger might only understand her half the time. She may be disruptive because she feels she can't make herself understood. You need to take her to see her doctor. She might have a hearing problem. She also might have a speech problem and be needing some speech therapy. Please have her checked out. You don't want to prolong the frustration (hers and yours) and if there's a problem that needs to be fixed, it's always better to fix it sooner rather than later. Good luck!

Answer 2

It can be normal. My son is very into verbalizing and he will be 3 in November. However, my niece is 6 now and she still doesn't talk that well. She didn't even talk at all until she was 4.

Honestly, it all depends on the kid. Maybe she is getting agressive because she is not ready to learn new words and she feels like you are pushing her. They may not be that old, but toddlers are very in tune with things. Give her time. I am sure she is fine. If you are overly concerned, ask the Pediatrician or talk to a children's speech therapist and get their opinion.

Hope this helped. =)

Answer 3

My oldest was very much like this. Well not aggressive. But she did get frustrated when I tried to teach her new words or letters. She was a very late talker and hard to understand. The frustration was because she couldn't communicate with us like she wanted to. She had the worst tantrums when this happened. Unfortuneately we didn't really understand why either. We didn't have her tested for speech until she was 4 1/2 and people from church who are teachers talked to me and let me know what they think and where we needed to go for help.

My advice......talk to your pediatrician about it. Some medical plans offer speech evaluations. Also call the local school district and talk to the early intervention team. They can also offer free evaluations. They'll either let you know there is no problem or they'll say she needs speech therapy. And if that's the case then the early they get started the better. From what I'm told they start as young as 2 years old for that.

Good luck!

Answer 4

FIRST of all, do NOT tolerate aggressive and purposely disruptive behavior from her.

Children who are not taught from the beginning that good behavior is expected and bad behavior always has consequences will learn no self control and will treat their parents and others disrespectfully. It can easily turn into a lifelong problem.

Speech develops as the brain develops. It's nothing you can rush. Just continue to speak to her in a normal voice, clearly (no more baby talk at this age) and take every opportunity to get her curious about the world. Children ask questions about things that interest them.

Make sure you READ to her constantly! That can do great things for her vocabulary.

Believe me, once she starts talking, you'll never have a moment's peace! lol

Don't worry and good luck!

Answer 5

Well, it depends. I work for an Early Childhood Intervention program and the children we see are 0-birth that have development delays that include speech delays, physical delays etc. If you are truly concerned talk to your doctor and have a speech therapist evaluate her for any delays. It's true, kids develop at different stages but it wouldn't hurt to make sure it's not something else. Usualy Headstart programs and your local schools can give you a referral, but you can also look it up under Early Childhood intervention. Hope this helped!

Answer 6

Have her hearing checked. Could be she can't hear normally which affects the way she pronounces words. They learn speech by imitating the sounds you make. Put your hands over your ears when someone speaks, or while watching TV for an example of what I'm trying to explain.

Answer 7

my son is nearly four and has only just said 3 words together i first noticed his slowness at 2.5 yrs quick at the physical stuff but terrible att talking he would get aggressive and would never listen or make eye contact we started watching something special cbebies and he picked upp some signs thats when he became less angry(frustration) we found out that he has hearing problems.
talk to your health visitor she can send her to an audiology center to test her hearing she may also need speech theropy which is what my son has just started
i hope this helps

Answer 8

I had the comparable "problem". i substitute into 3 and could in user-friendly terms say 3 words (mummy, daddy, and water). First have a GP learn your newborn and run a listening to attempt to do away with any latent listening to issues. Then i might advise which you talk at the same time with your newborn as a substitute of in user-friendly terms speaking "at him/her". Ask him/her user-friendly questions and take a glance at to make eye touch. often times babies choose for lively interplay to kick commence the speech area of the strategies. by ways this worked for me and my mum says i've got no longer stopped speaking ever when you consider that!

Answer 9

Just keep talking to her in a normal language. Not using baby words, I mean.
Children pick up that way. Easily.
She will talk. Relax.

3 is an aggressive age. Just give her more love and attention. Your quality time is important.

Answer 10

It probably is not normal. Three year olds should be able to verbalize and carry on a recognizable conversation. Go see you doctor and see what he/she suggests. The benefit is he/she will already know your child and be able to recognize if it is not parallell to her development pattern. Try not to panick! You CAN get help if need be!