I have a 20 month daughter who speaks very few words; how can i help her to speak more?
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I have a 19 month old son who only says Hi and Hiya. I was very concerned and my pediatrician said that we are giving him no reason to talk. He said we know what he wants and we do what he wants us to so he is basically being lazy. He has two older sisters that give him everything he wants to. The pediatricians advice that we got was to make him (in your case her) work for what he wants. Don't just do it. Really have your child make it know. She will eventually get tired of you not understanding and be forced to tell you with words instead of gestures. Also he said in the mean time read to him (her in your case) and expose her to a variety of words and sounds. Now if she is making no noises at all I would get her hearing tested but if she is making noises then she can hear just fine. Also she should be able to follow simple commands by now. If that is not happening then I would take her in for testing. But in my son's case he is making lots of 'grunting' noises and follows commands so he is just flat out being lazy. Good luck! And be patient!
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Talk to her. Be patient.
Have her hearing checked and speak to her in full sentences, like you would with an adult.
My son was slow in speaking and we found out he was lipreading.
Talk to her more.
TALK TO HER!
patience
Patience
my bro started speaking after 24 months
talk to her more, teach her to sing, expose her to an environment where many people talk or ask everybody to communicate with her.
READ READ READ READ READ READ
DO NOT SPEAK BABY TALK TO HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dont use words like goo-goo gah-gah. my niece and i are able to have small conversations and she is 21 mos! speak to her as if she is a regular person. teach her simple sign language, such as "wait" "dress" "shirt" etc. and she will prob becum more advanced as she grows up
Read to her. Point to pictures and say the word and encourage her to repeat it. If she makes any kind of response praise her for the effort even if it sounds like jibberish. Some kids are slower than others. I swore that my third child was going to be a mute...now I cant shut her up...lol!
She's too young for you to be worried.
Einstein didn't say his first word until he was four! :)
Yes, speak to her-as a person-not a baby with baby talk.
Read to her. When you're done with that, read to her again.
Not enough can be said about reading.
:)
Talk and read to her as much as you can, also see if she can hear you if you speak quietly, without her SEEING you- possible that she needs her hearing checked.
However, some children just save it all up, and some day you may wonder, omg, what was the rush? I can't get her to be quiet!
Practice with her everyday new words. . Put signs on the refrigerator, stove and all appliances around your home and point them out to her so she could know what they are called and start pronouncing them.... She will see it like a game. . . Read to her (a book with pictures and lots of colors) - - - have her help you turn the page. . . that will help her start getting use to paying attention and listening to the words that are coming out of your mouth. . . Show her things with lots of colors and have her repeat the colors to you. . As long as you make it fun for her she should play along. . and before you know it. . . She will start talking. . . Also, always speak to her in complete phrases. . . Never, allow her to answer only a yes or no but "complete" sentences. . .
the above answers are good, talk to her, not in baby talk but as you would an adult.
Is there an older sibling?? My youngest daughter did not speak very much even up to three years old, but I noticed that my older daughter was doing a lot of talking for her. Because my oldest talked so much, my youngest did not have to talk.
If you find this is not the case, maybe have her hearing checked- generally though, I would not worry or get anxious. All children develop at different rates- some children like to make a lot of noise and some like to listen and take everything in before they start articulating what they understand. Spend some time talking to her on her level, showing her new things to spark an interest and really listen when she does talk.
I would not be surprised if one day soon you won't be abe to get her to stop tallking! lol
Say bro. My 5 yr old was almost 2 before started talking to the point you could halfway understand him. Just be patient and dont freak out. Just talk to her like you would your friends. Dont do the whole "Who's daddies wittle dawin?" thing. Kids can pick that stuff up quick and its hard to get rid of, but it can be done. Have patience and keep heart there, daddy.
Another thing along with speaking to her as you would to another adult (but a slight bit slower) is to try to find somewhere (friends, family, playground, etc) where there are children close to her age that are talking more. The more children the better. You see, sometimes it's easier for a young child to pick up words from other youngsters then adults. My wife's niece is allmost a year older than our oldest daughter but is speaking more & more as she interacts more with ours.
I agree with almost all the advice given, especially with reading and avoiding speaking baby talk to her. Don't confine it to books though, read cereal boxes, billboards,shampoo bottles,everything.
I also sang to my son ( he's 3 now ) non-stop. But fear not, it doesn't have to be a mary had a little lamb-sing a song of sixpence medley- I completly tore apart pop songs and they are now some of my sons favorites. ( like "Supah Cute" a toddler friendly version of "Super Freak" by Rick James, and "Watch out Mr.Frumble" to the tune of "Welcome to the Jungle." it can be fun, and when your daughter sees that speaking makes you happy, she'll more than likely want to chat it up. My son certainly does,saying such things as "Breakfast bar! Get off that shelf and into my mouth!" this was at 2.5 .
Come to think of it, I kind of miss those quieter days.
heh.
good luck.
Young children learn sounds quickly. That's why Dada is usually the first word they learn. If you take the sounds she already knows and add words with that sound, she should pick up real fast. FI - if she can say Dada, try dog, do, did, done, dig, etc... If she can say bye-bye, have her try big, bag, bad, baby, etc...
If she is not at the Dada, bye-bye stage yet, just have her make individual sounds like "P" for please. "S" for yes etc. Then add the second sound "P..S" for please, "Y.S" for yes. The goal here is to get her to start making sounds. The more sounds she knows the easier it will be to put them together.
You know, you may regret teaching her to talk. I've found that you spend most of the time trying to get them to stop ... J/K
I would just talk to her right now. When she turns 2 this is when u should become consered i know in the state of texas we have something called BACH who has speech theripist who will come and work with the child if need be. My son has trouble speaking only speaks about 20 words or so and we found out that it was because of his hearing he wasnt hearing very well. Now he has tubes in his ears and BACH comes and it helps a great deal. Good luck!
well my nephew is about to be 4 and he just started talking..all kids take time and will talk when they are ready too..
both of my kids are speech deylayed
Relax man! She is just 20 months old.... I think you should be grateful that she speaks few words.
Within no time she would talk so much that you would come back to ppqna.com with another question saying that My Daughter Talks too much.
Reading worked for me and my family. I have a book which has a three minute story for every day of the year and it is always new and interesting. If your time is limited
then this is a good option as they can also look at the pictures when you are finished and you'll be able to keep up the daily routine.
My kids have always been good at written and spoken English and I attribute this to always having books available to them and I also got great enjoyment out of it too.
Wait a couple of months. She'll be speaking a *lot* more!
Normal for this age is to be speaking at least a few words. Some babies speak 3-4 words; others have a vocabulary of 200. As long as she is developing, I wouldn't worry.
read rhymes make it fun and with music and animations it holds their attention but the more its repeated the more they learn
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Be sure to talk to her and be cautious of "baby talk" Also be patient. My son did not talk much when he was very young, to the point that I was becoming alarmed. Rest assured he has the gift of gab now;) Patience
No worries. My daughter did not speak a word..not even mummy or daddy until she was 26 months. Now, at 4yrs...she cant stop talking! Read to her and talk to her a lot...and when she's ready...she'll burst out words u never knew she knew in the the first place.
repetition repetition
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