https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:14:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/mushy-speech-lack-of-enunciation#post-2923622 Wed, 05 May 2021 09:17:49 +0000 bhbee 2923622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 6 and in kindergarten. I just watched his end of year assessments on zoom (the ones they do verbally about sounds, letters, sight words, repeating sentences, etc) - and while his reading is great, his enunciation is still pretty bad. I think people can mostly understand what he says (100% with people he knows well, somewhat less with strangers) - it's just so mushy. I remember the dentist saying something to us about it a couple years ago - that he has low muscle tone in his mouth. </p> <p>I'm curious if anyone has experience - if so, is this something that resolves with a couple years in school? Will we have to intervene? I know it's common in boys this age, just not sure how it gets better. I also have somewhat impaired hearing and know that I don't always enunciate either so I've been working on it to model. But my oldest didn't have an issue so it's definitely something unique to him.</p> <p>Thanks for any advice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-therapy-howd-it-go-for-your-lo#post-2909391 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:46:24 +0000 josina 2909391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD started speech through our local AEA progam at around 2-1/2. The speech therapist sees her twice a month usually, once at our home, once at daycare, so it'll be maybe 6 times by the time she graduates out (she turns 3, so its a different program; meeting next week) and has to start going to the school (which I'm really not sure how we're going to accomplish when we both WOH).</p> <p>She's been talking much more, up to 5 word sentences, just not easily understood. I just don't feel that the speech meetings do much since it's 30 minutes and DD is shy so barely talks to her anyways.</p> <p>SO, tell me how speech is going/ or went for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-worried-about-speech-delay#post-2909035 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 09:43:27 +0000 Umbreon 2909035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO will be 10 months on Feb 3. He has not started using consonants yet. In the last couple weeks he has started being more vocal but no consonants. No mamama ot dadada.</p> <p>He will imitate sometimes when I blow raspberries. He responds to his name and I'm pretty sure he knows the word "kitty" as he will look at the cats if I say it. It could be coincidence though.</p> <p>He has been crawling and pulling himself up to stand. He loves to dance. He has been pointing and making "uuuuh" sounds when he does. </p> <p>I'm just wondering if I should be concerned? Maybe he is focusing on the other skills and talking hasn't been a priority for him? He has always been a quiet and calm baby.</p> <p>At his 9 month appt the dr said he should be using consonants soon. I didnt ask at which point I should be concerned. Not sure if there is a point where i should make another appt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/significant-speech-delays#post-2904108 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:50:54 +0000 Purpledaisy 2904108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone have any experience with a child with a significant speech delay or know someone who has? Tell me about it!</p> <p>My DS is 3.5 and still doesn’t talk. We had him evaluated and start speech therapy at one place but the fit just wasn’t right and we decided to go a different direction. We are now in the process of having him evaluated by our school district to get into a special education preschool program. </p> <p>He doesn’t have any other real “problems” and he’s a happy, social, funny little guy. So far he’s tested negative for signs of autism. He communicates but just not verbally. He understands everything we say, can follow directions, etc. His only real word is “no”.</p> <p>I just don’t know anyone who has had a child who has been this speech delayed. Do you have/know any very late talkers? When did they start talking? When did they catch up to their peers?</p> <p> I’m not really looking for advice on how to get him talking, we’ve already tried all of the basics and are working with professionals to try to get him the help that he needs. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-with-15mo-on-talking#post-2902103 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:09:45 +0000 bhbee 2902103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m not super worried but definitely have a voice in my head saying our third kid is getting short shrift on attention and it’s part of the problem! </p> <p>She just turned 15m and says mama and dada. Has said other things that seem like words but doesn’t use them consistently enough to seem intentional. My other two both had about 10 recognizable words by now. I don’t worry about hearing, her receptive speech seems good and she uses a lot of inflection in her sounds and gestures a lot, just not word sounds. </p> <p>What kinds of things can you do to encourage speech at this age? I think I’m pretty good at talking and narrating to her. We struggle with reading - she has little attention span for it. I try to use the interactive books but it’s usually a short time before she’s throwing them and moving on. </p> <p>DH said tonight why should she talk because her screeches get the job done - she has the whole family to wait on her! Probably part of it. She’s also been working a lot on gross motor and has been sick with various things for 3 weeks. </p> <p>So I know it will probably come but wondering what else we could be doing. I’m realllllllly over the screeching already! She’ll probably never stop talking once she starts though based on her current noise level :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-iep-before-elementary-school-experience#post-2855377 Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:43:48 +0000 codeitall 2855377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Apparently he has made no progress from his appt a year ago when they evaluated him and said he was fine. But we pushed for reevaluation and he's in the first percentile now. At the level of a 2 year old or younger and he's almost 4!</p> <p>We qualify for an IEP and weekly speech therapy at the elementary school. I know that everything depends on the district really, but can you share your experiences and any tips you have? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-normal-for-speech-at-15m#post-2842431 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:34:45 +0000 smuckers 2842431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD turned 15m yesterday, and I'm concerned about her speech/expressive language. Her receptive language is pretty obviously on track (she listens to instructions, responds to her name/commands, etc). </p> <p>However, the only real word that she says at this point is "Dada". We think she sometimes says Kitty and Mama, but those are few and far between. She's also not a kid that does great being prompted to say something (it's been the running joke for about 3 months that when you ask her to say "Mama" she'll smile and say "Dada"). She didn't start pointing at things until the last month. She does wave, shake her head no, and clap when she's pleased with herself (or anytime someone says good job). </p> <p>My husband is a SAHD and is not a chatty person AT ALL. Additionally, I'm not especially chatty in the mornings before work when I'm spending lots of time with her (not a morning person, but I'm trying). As such, I'm not sure if it's a legitimate speech delay that needs professional attention, or if it's just that we need to make a bigger effort to talk to her. </p> <p>She's also soundly in the "mover" category if you subscribe to the mover vs. talker thought process (has been walking since 10m, is now scaling couches regularly).</p> <p>What were your kids doing with speech at 15m?</p> <p>ETA that she does babble quite a bit, just no real words in the babbling. Also, if I'm being fully transparent, some of my worry is that she has a cousin that's about 6 weeks older than her that has a pretty large bank of words (and has for a while). I don't want to compare them, because everyone is different, but it's so hard not to worry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tell-me-about-your-two-years-olds-speech#post-2838256 Tue, 07 Aug 2018 06:02:37 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2838256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This morning my 2 year old (2 yrs 3 mos) looked outside and said “It’s dark outside.” Followed by “I can’t see anything.” He started singing Old Mac Donald and usually picks an animal, but this morning he said the farmer had a “hat.” I was just about to correct him or ask if he meant “cat,” then he started singing “on his head”, “on his head” and patted his head to the beat.</p> <p>We play a game- What are you doing?/ Where is so and so? For awhile now LO will say something like “I’m driving in the car” or “I’m eating yogurt” or “Daddy is working in Chicago” and get more specific than just the verb. He’ll tell me “I need my napkin” and “my napkin is in my lap.” If he wants to follow me he will say "I go upstairs with mommy” and tell whatever he has left behind “I’ll be right back milk.” If he’s doing something or observing something he will say “I’m spinning” or “the paper fell.” Then, of course he can tell us exactly what he wants, “I want cake” or “I want to color” or “I want my doggies (Paw Patrol vitamins).”</p> <p>My husband an I are POC and a little sensitive when people compliment LO on speaking well. Over the last two months he’s been seen by doctors, nurses, family, friends, strangers while running errands, and most recently new caregivers. They all have made positive comments. Some of them like pediatric doctors, a couple of my besties, and the new caregivers for sure interact with kids his own age on a regular basis. </p> <p>So does he speak well for a 2 year old? Or is there a layer of awe because he’s a black kid? Genuinely curious. We aren’t trying to raise a special snowflake where he gets kudos for just being normal. His daycare teachers are not heaping out a bunch of praise on LO. His class is mixed, but a majority of his classmates are white. For the most part when I speak to the kids at drop off/ pick up I can understand what they are saying although if I ask them to identify the color of an object they are holding most cannot whereas LO can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-year-old-failed-hearing-test#post-2796656 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:59:19 +0000 wrkbrk 2796656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, what they actually said was, that the results were inconclusive. </p> <p>DS is 25 months. He had ear tubes put in last year at 13 months. His one year check up was today and one tube has fallen out. Our doctor was not very concerned about that.</p> <p>BUT he didnt pass the hearing test component of the visit and has to go back in six weeks to do it again. My spouse took him so I wasnt there to ask 248623 questions.</p> <p>What could this mean? Scarring from ear infections?? :(<br /> Has this happened to anyone else's toddler?</p> <p>PS His speech is fine and age appropriate (as far as I know). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2yr-old-still-not-talking-a-lot-thearpy-not-an-option-right-now#post-2788810 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:48:20 +0000 paigeface 2788810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our two year old still doesn't talk a lot. He excels everywhere else but speech is just not his jam right now. He listens to what we are saying and responds to everything we say. He knows what objects are and even try's to say what they are. A little background if you haven't seen my posts before is that he comes to work with me every day in a private office. He is not around other littles besides occasionally with our friends and their kids on the weekend. I definitely don't think it helps that he is in a work environment everyday and not around other kids. We just don't have the option right now. We realized over the holiday that he was so frustrated he couldn't tell us things. . We are frustrated too because his toddler fits are at an all time high. He points, he babbles, he says a few key words, he is learning new words but it's still not enough. My husband is starting up his own business right now and we are pretty cash poor at the moment (embarrassed to say but it is what it is) :bummed: I don't expect us to be like this forever but we are living paycheck to paycheck recently. We had to stop paying our health insurance last month because it was close to $700 a month (that's the lowest plan no joke and we don't get it through our family business.) We wanted to get him into speech therapy but it's not an option for us right now. We found out through our pediatrician that it has to be something through our health insurance and some plans don't even cover it. If we paid for it out of pocket she said it would be very costly... It was hard for me to write this because I would do anything to help him progress in his speech. Our home is filled with love and besides work I devote every single moment to him. Any of you mom's out there have or had a late talker? Is there anything we can do at home to help him progress? :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/14-month-old-and-receptive-language-delay#post-2791370 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:18:57 +0000 thepicklemonster 2791370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is mostly just a vent and looking for support/reassurance. My DS is 14 months old and doesn't point or wave. His only word is "daddy" and he doesn't really say it meaningfully. He doesn't respond to any questions/instructions or really gesture in any way, aside from clapping which he just started recently. He is smiley, happy and very social, and loves to mimic and babble. I was worried about his progress compared to some of my friends' babies the same age (who are able to do things like "get the ball," "show me daddy," body parts etc) so I mentioned it to my ped and she encouraged me to get him evaluated for early intervention. </p> <p>We had the evaluation on Saturday and she said he is delayed in every category especially language, where he's at like an 8 month level. (He isn't walking yet either but he cruises and crawls, so I'm not too worried about gross motor.) She said she didn't see any red flags for autism or anything serious, just a delay. I know it could be so much worse and I'm glad there are no red flags, but I'm feeling disappointed and worried he will never catch up. </p> <p>Has anyone experienced this? I'm feeling down and would appreciate any words of encouragement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/upper-lip-tie-problematic-for-speech-but-not-nursing#post-2784820 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:58:18 +0000 PinkElephant 2784820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now that DD3 (12 months) has her top teeth, the fact that her frenulum comes down very low on her gumline has become quite evident. She's never had trouble nursing or eating....but interestingly enough, she doesn't say "mama", and very rarely makes m/n sounds. She currently sees a PT for slightly low muscle tone, so I had the speech pathologist that works in the same group take a look at DD3's mouth - the speech pathologist's advice was basically watchful waiting and encouraging M/N/B/P sounds. The main things she says with regularity are "Hi/Hi guys" "Share," "This," and "Dada" - all of which coincidentally (or not) lack these sounds that I was told can be problematic with an upper lip tie.</p> <p>Has anyone's LO had a similar lip tie that did not cause issues with eating/nursing, but had to be clipped to help with speech development? Thanks in advance! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/15-month-old-not-talking-much#post-2781264 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 14:56:21 +0000 nugget16 2781264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 15.5 mo old isn't talking much. She will attempt to mimic words as we tell them to her (cup, ball, truck, book, please, thank you, etc). We have taught her some signs but she has stopped doing those and is now attempting to say the word. She saw her Pediatrician 2 weeks ago and she said she was fine and not to worry. However, some family/friends have asked me if she talks more or they try to get her to say something and she won't. She has met all other milestones just fine--some even early (walking at 10 months). I'm a FTM and I just don't know if I should be concerned. She can follow instructions very well (go get me..., put this on the...., come to me, stop/no thank you, don't touch, use your fork--another challenge all to itself 😊--). Thoughts?? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-his-speech-delayed#post-2775390 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:37:51 +0000 travellingbee 2775390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My youngest is almost 21 months and talks a LOT less than my oldest did so I've been feeling concerned. I'm not sure if it is just because I am comparing or because it is actually concerning... He has probably 35 words but about 1/2 of them are pretty difficult to understand without knowing him well. Like he says "da" for hot "shash" for trash and "sow-sigh" for outside. He doesn't say a lot of words that you'd think he would say like "up" or "eat". And he doesn't put any words together. He seems to understand a lot though. Does he still seem like he is within the normal range? Also, any suggestions for helping him acquire more words/speak more clearly? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/baby-talking-toddler#post-2773196 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 12:35:55 +0000 Mama Bird 2773196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What do I do? DS is almost five, he can talk just fine, but for a while now he's been talking like a baby. I think it's just with me. Maybe he's copying his little sister. Maybe he thinks it's cute. Whatever it is, it's driving me up the wall. I keep asking him to stop before it sticks and becomes a habit... To complicate matters a little, we're bilingual and he mostly speaks English in school, so I can totally see him speaking this way in our native language for life without any pressure from his classmates to talk properly. </p> <p>Anyone else deal with this? What did you do? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-start-to-babble-and-talk-a-lot#post-533405 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:25:49 +0000 BelugaBean 533405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO used to "talk" a lot when she was around 2-3 months old. Now she does sometimes, but it's not a ton. She makes a lot of noises but they're mostly growls and random screams. Is this leading up to her babbling more? I'm not super worried, I'm just wondering when we can expect her to start "talking" more and moving towards actual words. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-could-your-lo-answer-what-did-you-do-today#post-2728789 Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:14:16 +0000 Dahlia 2728789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 21 months and I've started asking her what she did at daycare that day. She always replies "babies!" then usually follows up with "blankie" or "night night." She's probably telling the truth, since 90% of her day is usually spent putting dolls and stuffed animals to sleep. But I can't tell if she actually understands the question (and the past tense!). I can't wait until she can tell me more! So I'm just curious - when did your LO seem able to truly answer "what did you do today?" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/favorite-mispronunciations#post-2724097 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:03:04 +0000 Alba4 2724097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS just started to pronounce popsicle correctly😢. He used to always say "popsible". </p> <p>My other favorite word he says is "dambaid" instead of bandaid.</p> <p>What is your favorite mispronunciation? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-at-21-months#post-2711526 Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:13:32 +0000 MrsBrewer 2711526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like my daughter is a little slower at all milestones so far, which is totally fine and I know there's a huge range to "normal"! For example she didn't crawl until 10 months, walking was at 15 months, at 1 year she only had her 2 bottom teeth, etc.</p> <p>How should speech be right around 21 months though? I just read an article saying that at 21 months kids generally learn 1 new word a day! That astounded me, I know that's not the case right now in our house. We encourage vocabulary, we read to her all the time, that's probably her favorite activity honestly. She's great at making all the different animal noises, and recognizes pictures in books when asked "Where is the airplane" or "point to the glass of milk"</p> <p>She just really doesn't repeat anything when we ask her to say a word. She almost shy's away from it, that she doesn't want to. I don't want to push her or any of her milestones, but I just don't want her speech to be delayed. The ped didn't seem concerned at all at her 18 month check up, but we don't see him until 2 now. </p> <p>She has all the general words, mama, dada, she can say our dogs names, she obsessed with the moon (but calls is ham, haha) etc</p> <p>Does this sound "normal"? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/kind-of-worried-about-los-lack-of-language#post-2708983 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 23:46:26 +0000 Coral 2708983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just being honest...the other thread about speech freaked me out a bit just because I feel like LO is really behind. He's 20 months old and probably has about 10 words: mama, dada, doggy, etc. He babbles A LOT and often makes the same babbles consistently but I have no clue what he is saying. He tends to point at things that he wants and says "ugh ugh!" He does understand what we say to him and will follow directions. </p> <p>I'm worried that this indicates some sort of speech or cognitive issue (we are working on cutting down the pacifier usage.) I know people often talk about a language "explosion" but every month it doesn't happen, I get more worried. </p> <p> Any advice or insights? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/about-how-many-words-does-your-childten-have-at-how-old#post-2704557 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 15:18:13 +0000 youboots 2704557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T will be 2 tomorrow 😭. We went on a trip without her last week and I can't believe how much her language grew when it was already exploding, my Mom who was a teacher and DCP spent the week with her.</p> <p>I started jotting down her words- it's been such a change in the last six weeks and I thought it would be fun to bring to her well check next week.</p> <p>How old is your child/children? About how many words do they have? When did they start talking in sentences? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/intercultural-marriage-beside-english-do-your-children-speak-a-second-or-third-language#post-2690124 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:19:47 +0000 thestairs 2690124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi, I was wondering if you in an intercultural marriage, beside English does your children speak the native language of yours and your DH language?<br /> To 'you', it is important that your children know their mom and dad native language? Or just English is enough (especially if live in the U.S)?</p> <p>Do you mind share what languages do your children speak?--It is your native language or your DH native language? Or both?<br /> If your trilingual (speak more than one native languages), how do you come to decission of which one to teach them?</p> <p>Any ladies here that in an intercultural marriage? Or if anyone can help answer my questions above I really appreciate it. Thank you very much.</p> <p>-------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>I'm Chinese/Vietnamese married to a Sierra Leonean.. My husband his homeland (Sierra Leone, West Africa) it a small country with 6 millions population. Children there when go to school English is the main language taught and spoken in school, they speak their native language at home.<br /> ..........<br /> My husband with his family he speaks his native Sierra Leoean language (the language that his ethnic group/tribe speak). This is the language he speaks with his mom, dad (deceased) and his older sister.<br /> Yes, he knows English.</p> <p>He bilingual, but I'm trilingual.. I'm fluent in speaking reading and writing Chinese, (Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shanghainese dialect because I'm native Shanghai born).<br /> And Vietnamese (due to my mother side, my mom is Vietnamese).<br /> English is my third language.</p> <p>If you were me, beside English, what native language would you teach the baby?<br /> English is the worldwide language, plus we live in the U.S so ofcourse English will be baby main language.<br /> I guess the second language it be Mandarin?</p> <p>-----------<br /> A friend help gave me input she said that for the second language, chose a language that both mom and dad spoke in common. The thing is and my husband we don't have a common language (beside English).<br /> I definately don't know his native Sierra Leoean language (the language that his ethnic group/tribe speak).<br /> And he doesn't know (my languages) Mandarin, Cantonese, or Shanghainese dialect. Or Vietnamese.. Well, he does know a bit of Mandarin and Vietnamese from me lol, just a bit.</p> <p>Seem like the baby will be trilingual if learn mom Mandarin, and dad native language.. To me it is very important that the baby know where their dad come from their dad culture and heritage. I just hope 3 languages isn't too much for a baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/lo-doesnt-use-words-at-daycare#post-2688500 Sat, 28 Jan 2017 15:49:22 +0000 Ms. RV 2688500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is nearly eighteen months and we received her report card yesterday. Her teachers report she only uses three words there, but at home her count is up 16. Any one else have a LO that doesn't use words at daycare? </p> <p>She apparently says hi and bye to everyone that comes and goes, so I don't think she is shy. She has always been very observant so maybe she just rather take it all in than talk about it? I will be bringing it up with her ped at her 18 month appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/two-year-old-speech#post-2682738 Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:18:13 +0000 mamacat2 2682738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello! I was wondering if I could get some advice or perspective on my daughter's speech from some other moms out there. :) </p> <p>My daughter just turned two and we have some concerns about her speech. She "says" 75-100 words, some more clearly than others. She drops the end consonant on many of her words. For instance, boat and bow both sound like the word "bow" as she says them, or dog and duck both sound like "duh." Other words (cat, up, sit, all-done, etc.) are fairly clear. My husband and I can figure out most of what she means from context even when some of her words sound the same as each other. We make a point to repeat the word clearly and expand on what she said. If she points to a duck in a book and says "duh," we'll respond along the lines of, "Yes, that's a duck. The yellow duck is swimming!" She likes chattering away a lot and isn't at all hesitant to speak, which is encouraging to us. That said, we've also noticed she says very few two or multi-syllable words, which doesn't seem to be a stumbling block for many of the similarly aged kids in her play group. </p> <p>The bigger thing we're noticing is that she is still not saying two word phrases, like "mama go" or "bye bye cat" or anything along those lines. She seems to have the words independently, but isn't putting them together in succession, like it seems should be happening by age two. I brought it up at her two-year checkup last week and her pediatrician told us to keep an eye on it for a few months and we'd see how she's doing at her 2 1/2 year check up this summer to look into speech therapy if it hasn't come together then. </p> <p>My daughter had chronic ear infections and fluid in her ears from the time that she was 10 months old until 19 months old, and our pediatrician encouraged us to give her a little more time at this stage as a result. My daughter had ear tubes put in when she was 19 months old, and it's only then that we started to see her verbalizing more in general. Up until 19 months, she had said maybe 10-15 words (though mainly unintelligible) and we did see her single-word use pick up tremendously over the few months after the tubes went in. </p> <p>I can't shake that perhaps I should look into some kind of early invention or speech therapy sooner than waiting six months at this stage though - but I'm not sure if I'm overreacting, or if there's something to it! (Isn't that the story of parenting?!) We are expecting a second baby in April and I know that our day to day routine is going to change up then for my two-year old, so if there's something that I could start now to help support her speech better in general, I'd love to get a jump start on it to keep it going more seamlessly once the baby is here. But at the same time, if this is something that will just run it's natural course or if more time doesn't hurt, I don't want to jump in unnecessarily. </p> <p>Anyway, just curious to see what other moms think or if anyone has been in a similar boat and could offer some perspective. My friends' children haven't had speech issues to help shed any light for me, and my daughter's grandparents think it will "just work out," which (though well-intended) isn't moving us forward. Thank you so much for your help!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/words-your-lo-mispronounces-1#post-2646989 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:15:00 +0000 travellingbee 2646989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our favorites are:<br /> lemolade (for lemonade and we totally all call it this now)<br /> pep-leg (peg-leg-- he was a pirate for Halloween)<br /> Mahtaytoe (tomato)</p> <p>I shouldn't admit this but I secretly hate it when he learns to say them right. I want him to stay this little and cute forever! :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-ever-recorded-your-kids-speaking#post-2647740 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 20:28:31 +0000 mrbee 2647740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wish we had really long videos of our kids talking at each age. They've stopped making those cute little mispronunciations that warmed my heart, and are speaking normally now. But I'm sure in a few years, I'll be nostalgic for the sound of their current voices! Gonna do a long audio interview with the kids, and save it to my Dropbox.</p> <p>Have you ever recorded your kids speaking? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-lo-have-a-lisp#post-2646775 Thu, 03 Nov 2016 08:00:00 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2646775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 does and it is so adorable! She's only 18 months so I have no idea if it's here to stay but I kind of hope it is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/language-explosion-3#post-2637445 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:34:58 +0000 youboots 2637445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When did your child start talking? DD is 19 months and I feel like is on the verge. She has 15-20 words and jabbers in deliberate sentences that obviously make sense to her. She also has about 10 signs and follows instructions. I just want to hear her little voice.</p> <p>So when did your toddler really start talking? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speech-delay-tips#post-2632964 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:42:22 +0000 sorrycharlie 2632964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is almost 21 months, and while she isn't "officially" speech delayed, she does get very frustrated very easily when she can't communicate what she wants.</p> <p>I got the tip to not try to force speech when she's in the throes of a fit, but wait til she's calm and happy to work on sounds. I'm definitely going to try this!</p> <p>Any other tips? Her age doesn't help, I'm sure, but man has she been a cranky, willful handful lately! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wont-address-momsay-mama#post-2632974 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:55:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 2632974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know this will seem silly. But it's really gutting me, since she's likely our last baby.</p> <p>My 20 month old will not, has not, said my name. Mama, Ma, Mom, Mommy, nothing. She's said Mama MAYBE 2-3 times, ever. </p> <p>She's attached to me. Prefers me. I SAH. Totally bonded. But won't say my name. She will say "Daddy" "More Daddy" and use his name regularly when talking to him ("more x daddy, yum daddy!"). </p> <p>I totally feel like chopped liver. When I have her say words, she'll repeat what she can, and literally shake her head no when I ask her to say Mama. :crying: </p> <p>I feel like she's going to skip right to Mom eventually, and I'll never be Mama again. Sob.</p> <p>Anyone dealt with something like this? </p>