Non-talker mamas....

beckyanddon

This can be hard I just thought we could check in and give each other some support and love.

How is your frustration going?
How is there's?

Are you in speech? How's it going?

What is your biggest concern?
What's your most recent success?

Edit: added speech

beckyanddon

I'm not as frustrated as DH he gets really angry when he's just screaming and we can't guess what he wants fast enough. He's been really clingy so that doesn't help matters.
He's so frustrated when he can't get it out and that's becoming more intense. He will just stand, scream and sign more.

His receptive vocabulary is coming along so that helps especially when I'm needing him to be safe... Like sitting in the tub!

Being off for 2 weeks has allowed him to learn the signs for eat and thank you. His politeness is so cute every time someone hands him he signs thank you.

Next step learning signs for foods, apple, cracker...

beckyanddon

We have been in speech since October. I'm continuing to tell her to push because I want him to work when he's there. She seems mostly concerned with attention span. We get 30 min every other week!

martyn17

T's receptive speech is good so we're not worried yet. However, she really isn't talking much (has a few words but doesn't use them consistently). In general it's fine but sometimes the seemingly constant more and please signs get frustrating when I have no idea what they are in reference to.

ETA: She has basically no words she uses consistently, but Mama and More are starting to seem consistent and purposeful.  She has said other words, but either she is just repeating us or she seems to learn them and forget them.  She signs please, thank you, milk, more, and all done, and waves hello and goodbye, and points at things.  And she definitely understands everything.  But I will be chatting with the doctor about it at her 18 month appointment

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DD has no words with meaning. She babbles non stop but who knows what she is saying. Everything is Dada and when she is upset she says mama or nana. She signs milk and more but only when we say the words first.

She has speech once a month but who knows if it is helpful. We just know that she will be slow developing everything and speech will be a couple more years. For now we just have to guess what she is trying to say from her moans and grunts.

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Double post

new2011mommy

DD has words, but she has trouble saying some letters so her words are not always clear. She also points and says mama a lot if she wants something. She gets frustrated and lays on the ground crying or throws things if I do not understand her. She does have good receptive language and I definitely know she responds better then DS did at this age. DS never nodded yes or no to questions. He always answered no even if it was something he wanted and he was very verbal from an early age. DS was diagnosed at 3 with a receptive and expressive speech delay, but he had a lot more words at this age and his words were much clearer then DD's are. DD still says wawa and I know DS was already saying water at this point. DS was already starting to identify numbers and letters. I am sure DD is fine. I now know DS's obsession with letters and numbers is an autism sign. I figure I will mention my concerns to DD's pedi at her 18 month visit next week. I think a part of it is my worry about not catching DS's delay at an early age and just not wanting to miss anything with DD.

PrimRoseMama

How is your frustration going?
I'm not frustrated, really. This is my second rodeo. So, I am just focusing on what is happening vs. What isn't.

How is there's?
Screeching & some hitting.

Are you in speech?
Not yet. I am still going through getting insurance approval & evaluation for Alex.

How's it going?
N/A

What is your biggest concern?
I think facial muscle development?

What's your most recent success?
He's said toes & uh-oh recently out of the blue.

coco2787

He has less than 10 words, but he clearly understands a lot and most of the time he can communicate what he wants without words. Occasionally when he needs help he'll yell until someone assists.

He doesn't say mama or dada yet to refer to me or H, but I realize I don't refer to myself in third person so maybe it's just not emphasized enough. I'm hoping when he starts daycare in a couple weeks that things will change as he gets more exposure to conversation than he typically gets staying home with me.

jennipalmer

I am not worried or frustrated. DS1 had speech issues but today very advanced especially in math and reading. Liam doesn't get to frustrated with not being able to communicate, I think I just really know he cues.
He babbles, says Mama, Dada, Leila (the dog) and yaya (for his sister but she was very discouraged when she found out it means grandma in Greek)
I think i will ask the doctor about speech at his next appointment

JTA2426

I am not really frustrated with it, and the pedi didn't seem concerned at our 18m check last week. I have heard from other twin moms that twins can be slower with their verbal skills. A probably has 15-20 words, J has fewer. Their receptive language is good- they will go get things, nod or shake their heads, etc. They also have about 7-10 signs that are sometimes combined with words and other times not. There is also a lot of babble tht I don't understand. I was worried about twin speak slowing down their language but I don't think that's happening.

beckyanddon

We know have 3 signs used independently and 1 that he will use when we say the word.

He's now pointing, which is helpful. He will also wave bye bye.

These are huge for us! Thanks for checking in and helping feel not so alone in the speech battle!

Stacey099

No words here. I haven't been aorried but maybe I should be? He understands what we are saying to him and doesn't seem to get frustrated.
I know in February our pedi will suggest therapy but does he really need it? She seems to get worried about things. Hard to know what is right.

Hilaboo86

Well now I'm freaking out. Before I hadn't thought about her being frustrated and acting out. Now after this post I can kind of see it. Everything is dada, or kitty. She used to say mama, but that ended quickly. I guess I'll talk to the pedi at her 18 month check up.

martyn17

Hilaboo86 said:

Well now I'm freaking out. Before I hadn't thought about her being frustrated and acting out. Now after this post I can kind of see it. Everything is dada, or kitty. She used to say mama, but that ended quickly. I guess I'll talk to the pedi at her 18 month check up.

Not that I know anything, but I wouldn't freak out. I think we're still in a normal range. I keep telling myself that I will probably forget that Tess was a late talker because she'll probably become a little chatterbox eventually.

However, I do plan to discuss with the doctor at the 18 mos appointment to see if there are any exercises or games I can try at home.

lovemyminions

Hi everyone. Long time so see. Just want to say that we are also in the no talking group. I get the occasional mama but that's it. She understands everything we say and makes all the sounds so I'm not too worried. She is really good at shaking her head no, or smiling if you pickup the thing she wants. She also is really good at pointing. I hope she starts talking soon, as it will make things easier but im going to wait before I get too worried.

KateJuly2013

Team "babble babble" here. She has about 10 words/sounds-like-a-real-word-sort-of with-obviously-correct-meaning. Mags is one of the younger J13 babes. Im not too worried about it yet, but I do plan on mentioning it at the 18m appt. I was much more concerned about it around the one year mark. Not sure why, but I have CTFD about it.

Hilaboo86

martyn17 said:

Hilaboo86 said:

Well now I'm freaking out. Before I hadn't thought about her being frustrated and acting out. Now after this post I can kind of see it. Everything is dada, or kitty. She used to say mama, but that ended quickly. I guess I'll talk to the pedi at her 18 month check up.

Not that I know anything, but I wouldn't freak out. I think we're still in a normal range. I keep telling myself that I will probably forget that Tess was a late talker because she'll probably become a little chatterbox eventually.

However, I do plan to discuss with the doctor at the 18 mos appointment to see if there are any exercises or games I can try at home.

Thank you for making me feel better! I hadn't given it a single thought until this post now I'm constantly trying to work with her and thinking of this!!! Also as I type this she said mamamamaaaa. Score!!!

KateJuly2013

@missymr. dude. I used like 30 coins in your challenge.

FancyFrenchie

DS2 doesn't really say much yet. He says "mama" or "ma" but that usually means he wants to nurse! He'll kind of say "mo" for more. And he does a lot of yelling and pointing, but he doesn't seem to frustrated.

DS1 only starting talking more around 19-20 months and I'm thinking it'll be the same for DS2 because of the 2 languages he's learning at the same time, because there is no problem with lack of understanding or anything like that.