Speech Delay?

She’s almost 21 months old. Bilingual household—husband speaks his native language and I speak mine (English). I know recent studies have said the anecdotal evidence of a lot of bilingual households are wrong—two or more languages aren’t supposed to cause a speech delay (but every single bilingual family I know has said their kids took extra time so 🤷‍♀️). She clearly understands almost everything we say in either language, and she’s saying the cute word for kitty in dad’s language and I swear her no sounds German (consistently NEIN/NEING and no one speaks German 😂). Her babble is mostly a sound repeated, not unique sounds combined. Occasionally she’ll slip and yell mama at me and when we get excited, she clams up with her mouth sealed. We are going to check in with the pediatrician but he has said before “bilingual kids take longer” so I’m looking for advice.

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My bilingual son 2y7m is also behind his peers but constantly progressing so for me that shows he will get there might just take him longer. Whenever we’ve been abroad and spoke only one language with him he progressed much much quicker so I think it’s just hard for him to have two at the same time. We’re lucky both husband and I can speak the same language.

My mum grew up in a bilingual household and she didn’t start speaking until she was nearly 3 but was speaking both languages 😅

Tri lingual here and my son his 22 months old and not really speaking much either

Also bilingual and speech delayed. My oldest was also speech delayed and now is 3.5yr old and switches fluent between both languages by himself. I’d definitely get into speech therapy, I wouldn’t wait it out. But if she’s understanding you that’s a great start!

Early intervention never hurts! In my opinion, it’s always better to get an assessment and not need it (or end up only needing it for a short time) than wait and see and potentially miss out on that time and those strategies.

Mine is bilingual too and 21 months old in 9 days. Barely says things! I’m gonna wait until 2 and then see how things go!

Hey my daughter is in speech therapy and occupational therapy. She started about a month ago. We may not be bilingual but she didn’t say very much a month ago. Now she’s a yapper and more of her words are becoming more clear. She’s not like talking full sentences or anything bc that’s not typical yet but she’s def saying way more than I’ve ever heard before lol

We do a child play base speech and occupational therapy together!

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