22 month old not really talking
My daughter doesn’t really talk we’ve been working on it at home. Awhile back her doctor referred us to speech therapy. We were going for about two months. There was no difference whatsoever. I felt like it was a waste of time because it was only a half hour once a week. Her therapist was only doing stuff I had already been doing at home. I asked if we could have more appointments during the week as I hadn’t seen any progress. The therapist said that she wanted to discharge my daughter as she wasn’t really engaging in session and can’t force her to talk. We stopped taking her because I got pregnant and have HG. I literally couldn’t drive or be in the waiting room without throwing up. It just felt like a waste of time. Now I’m dreading her next doctor appt because I know he won’t be happy.
She does babble a lot more and will say words but not consistently. For example she will say “hold” but then the next day she won’t say it. I’ve been stressed because I feel like her main form of communication lately has been screaming and pointing and meltdowns. I will vocalize what she wants and try to get her to use words but she won’t. I feel like she knows how to talk she’s just choosing not to.
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My eldest is 3 years old. Since he was 18months we noticed not much talking. We've started an autism assessment for him instead of speech and language as speech and language is included in the autism. He's also going to nursery where they speak to him but are using sign with him. He can string a sentence using sign but will only make noises like voom voom. Say nom nom, mummy and daddy.
My middle is 23months and doesn't speak apart from mama and dada and then says rara instead of Lara (my daughter) and then also does voom voom.
So don't worry too much about it. She'll speak when she chooses. She'll go from saying nothing to loads and you won't be able to make her quiet
My daughter is also 22 months and she isn’t speaking much either. Mostly noises.
She’s also getting an evaluation for autism on Monday because i want to start early intervention if she needs it. She’ll say momma and uh oh whenever she wants but not on command or in sentences. I totally understand your worry and I’m right there with you on that as well. Ppl keep telling me the same thing like don’t worry she will talk when she wants and my husband even said he didn’t talk until he was 3. His mom confirmed it but idk as moms we worry a different way for our children than anyone else. I understand you momma. I hope you can get the help you need for her. I hope I can figure out mine as well.
Using a few hand signs will cut down on meltdowns and promptly overall language development. Keep working with her on speech, she'll get there!
Vaccine injuries… And no she is not pretending not to know how to talk that is a bit harsh. She is having meltdowns because she can’t express herself. I feel this post is very much about your needs and your not being empathetic/sympathetic to her needs and it’s about you wanting her to talk so badly, just with that whole last paragraph alone….. My son was vaccine injured and he could not talk properly until he was 4/5
What country are you in?
I'd push to change therapists. There are speech therapists who work with severely delayed patients for years and continue treatment. It's really bizarre that the therapist would essentially blame a toddler for not taking to the therapy they've tried.
My 20 month old boy has been seeing a speech therapist for a few months and she recommended getting his ears tested.. from that result we saw an ENT and now he needs grommets because he has glue ear. Maybe worthwhile asking if a hearing test can be done at least to eliminate that?
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