Early invention update

fancynewbeesly

So, as I started to suspect this week, my daughter didn't qualify for speech. There is a delay, but at this point not enough for her o qualify.  The evaluators actually do think that within the next month or so it will all come together. Especially since she has made such progress since I called.

They did say her fine motor & social were her definite strengths-especially at how well she plays.  

acesup

That's good news! She will be caught up in no time!

Maybe she is just waiting until she has something good to say. My mom said I hardly spoke until I could say sentences. Like I wanted to get it right the first time.

MrsGoodkat

Glad it went well - I'm sure she is just gearing up for a language explosion. My mom said I didn't talk until 2. I'm terribly shy IRL but other than that I had no other issues.

LoveActually4

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ItsAllGravy7:

I have an 18 month who is almost completely non-vocal. His only (and I do mean ONLY) "words" are "Mama" "Dada" "Nana" and every once in a while "Bub" for his brother and "A-Da" for all done. Everything I read says he should have a very minimum of 10 words by now and "mimic" me which he doesn't do. My pediatrician is completely not concerned and won't even refer to EI until 2-3 years. He has passed several hearing tests and is a very happy, social, baby. He just doesn't talk at all.

Good Luck!! Just wanted you to know you weren't alone and I don't think this is "that" out of the norm.

My son is 18 months & is nonverbal. He has no words. He is vocal & makes tons of noises but nothing coherent yet. We almost heard a 'hi' & 'dad' but it was just one time & not too clear. We have his check up on Monday so we'll see what pedi says but I have heard a lot on here that many kids have a word explosion by 2ish. 

This actually makes me feel so relieved believe it or not. I am so sick of the "advice" I know from everyone including people who don't even have babies. Everyone and their mother told me to take him off of his paci to get him talking. We paci weaned 2 weeks ago and this morning he was hysterical for it. He is teething and what can I say, I'm weak. He is my baby and I totally gave in and gave it to him. I just can't stand to see him in pain and his paci really does help his teething. I don't even care if there is some sort of delay...he is perfect to me...I just hate to think I'm not getting him the "help" he needs or being "pushy" enough when the pedi says there's nothing wrong.

Definitely let me know what your pedi says! Our little guys are close in age so I'm curious what another doctor thinks.

DS was like this. I was afraid he was behind because he barely said mama. Everything was dada and dog. That was it. At 23 or 24 months his speech took off!

Glitter Pop

DS was delayed and I had him evaluated by ECI at 15 months. His language took off at 2.5, I am glad that he's had services. The pedi has never been concerned, but I went with my FTM instinct. It's great that you did the eval, and that they didn't see need for concern. For what it's worth DS didn't call me anything until he turned 2 and he didn't start naming objects until he was 2.5. He started with phrases and went backwards.

IUIBaby

Good news on motor and social!

fancynewbeesly

I know I was a nervous nelly. When I called a few weeks ago, she had a few words--not many and some signs. My daughter was born at the same time as a lot of my friends' girls and as a first time mom and 7 other baby girls to compare too--she just seemed behind. Especially at 21 months--she wasn't even saying dad yet.

After I made the call, her language started to pick up some--but I realized that (and I get that this is probably personality driven)--the words she does know how to be perfect sounding. And words like "dada" "baba", etc--she never even was interested in saying.

They did say her language was probably around 17 months but it seems like in the next few weeks everything will click into place.

 

I was just relieved to hear everything!