https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:53:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245731 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 12:54:42 +0000 looch 2245731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is interesting, of all the things my son did or didn't do, he never really drooled that much. He was diagnosed as speech delayed. His issue is more of a jaw thing though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245672 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:46:26 +0000 blackbird 2245672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, our doc says she sees a lot of speech delays caused by lip and tongue ties! Drool could be a side effect of that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245669 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:43:53 +0000 erinpye 2245669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkb: don't let that mommy guilt in! </p> <p>@coopsmama: I'm so sorry. It's so hard to even know anything about the issue because awareness is so low. I'm really glad that you were able to take care of your second baby's ties. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245573 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 07:08:44 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2245573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could see how it's related. For my DS his issue is CP, specifically his oral and related muscles. He drools a ton (poor oral control) and is speech delayed. But his case is very specific! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245549 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 01:34:31 +0000 coopsmama 2245549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: Yup. We didn't know better for our son who is now past two and dealing with those issues - severe lip tie and a posterior tongue tie. We had DD's taken care of at six weeks and it's been a different story completely over the first year of her life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245541 Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:20:51 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2245541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a ton of drool and no real delay. The drooling stopped right around try time taking picked up right around age 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245481 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 21:05:22 +0000 pinkb 2245481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: that's very interesting. We had DD's tongue tie clipped with in the first 2 weeks. I don't know why but I have feared that the clipping caused her delay. I know it didn't but that whole mommy guilt thing plays tricks on me ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245472 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:51:10 +0000 irene 2245472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very interesting. LO is 3.5 now, he drooled A LOT when he was past 6 months or so? I had to bring several bibs out and he drool through all of them within a few hours it is disgusting. He was delayed in speech and we had the EI evaluation done when he was 2 years. They didn't recommend special therapy because he wasn't terribly delayed. </p> <p>He is OK now at 3.5 years. In fact I sometimes wish he would stop talking - because he just talks NONSTOP! Haha. I always thought the bilingual thing took a toll on him as well. He speaks mostly English but he understand completely in Cantonese also, and can speak a few things / form simple sentences in Cantonese. So thinking back, that has to take up quite a lot of processing power in his brain to cause the delay. We had repeatedly told several of our doctors that he drools like a river, but all of them just said nah it has nothing to do with it. Grrrrr!!! I knew it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245470 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:49:10 +0000 erinpye 2245470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>High arched palate, drooling, excessive pickiness and food aversions, oral sensory issues and speech delay can all be caused by the highly-common and almost always-missed posterior tongue tie + upper lip tie. It KILLS me when people are ill-advised by docs who don't know a lot about it (not their fault-- it's barely covered in med school) that either the child isn't tied, or that it's not worth correcting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2245466 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:40:53 +0000 pinkb 2245466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boopers: DD babbled a little bit, but was on the later side, she hit most milestones late being a preemie. I didnt start to really worry until 16-17 months. She only had 2 word, if that, and her frustration was off the charts. She would bite herself daily because she could not communicate anything. So we got her evaluated at 17 months and started therapy at 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244594 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:14:07 +0000 Chuckles 2244594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As an opposite case, my LO has low muscle tone and poor oral motor skills but never drooled much more than normal. Although now that I'm thinking about it, I would say more drool when eating because he had trouble managing his food. But he's never had a ton of drool throughout the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244589 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:02:35 +0000 wheres_c 2244589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. LO is 2.5 and speech delayed and has started drooling a TON lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244574 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:34:03 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2244574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting... DS drools a lot (he still wears bibs at 2.5 years old), but I don't think he's speech delayed. He's always babbled a lot even as an infant, and although he didn't have the recommended number of words at 18 months, his speech really took off by the time he hit 2. </p> <p>I guess the drooling didn't worry me because DH always told me that his dentists always mention how he has excessive saliva, and that it's actually a good thing for his oral hygiene because it prevents cavities. I figured the drool was just a genetic thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244572 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 22:22:28 +0000 Boopers 2244572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's really interesting. My LO is only 3 1/2 months. He has a high palate and has been a drooly mess lately. I'm guessing it's early signs of teething, but something I'm going to keep my eye on as he get older.</p> <p>For those of you whose LOs drooled a lot and have a speech delay, did they babble as babies? At what age did you start to suspect a speech delay? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244515 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:14:11 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2244515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>olive never drooled at all and was speech delayed. but she did always stick out her tongue and stuff her mouth with food which is a sign of low muscle tone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244491 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:45:22 +0000 MrsRcCar 2244491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My boys are drool machines and both are speech delayed. It is an oral motor/oral muscle issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244472 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:30:10 +0000 pinkb 2244472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes DD was a non stop drool machine, like a faucet, and she has a speech delay.</p> <p>From what our speech therapist said, there is a correlation. DD has censory issues with her mouth/ lips and a very high pallet which she also said added to her speech delay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/excessive-drooling-and-speech-delay#post-2244450 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:11:27 +0000 lollipop 2244450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A friend of mine has mentioned that excessive drooling was one of the reasons why her ped. Started the early intervention for speech therapy for her kids. My daughter is speech delayed and was drooling a lot until all her teeth came out at 22 months (she's 3.5 yrs now). My 13 mth old son also drools excessively and so it got me thinking. Has anyone else's LO that requires speech therapy was also drooling excessively? </p>