Re: When your child started speaking...

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

I got my pediatrician to refer us for EI speech at 19 months. I

started to worry at about 15 months that something was wrong because

Max didn't talk much at all and only had about 3-4 words. Mama,

Daddy, " gy " for doggy, and something that sounded like " kitty. " He

also had signs of classic oral apraxia like problems with voluntary

mouth movements although I didn't know that at the time. He couldn't

do rasberries, blow, pucker for a kiss, didn't lick stuff off of the

outside of his mouth. He didn't had any problems with eating

however. At about 18 months, 2 things happened (1st antibiotics and I

stopped breastfeeding) and Max lost all words except for Daddy.

About this time, I read " The Late Talker " and boy did a light go on

for me. Anyway, we went thru hearing tests and a speech evaluation

and started therapy at about 22 months.

A couple of other tell tale signs that I didn't pick up at the time.

Max had a very limited repertoire of consonant sounds. At his

evaluation, he really only was using " d " , " t " , and " s " . He didn't

make any sounds like " b " , " p " , or " m " which are normally early

developing. He didn't have the " k " or " g " sounds either. All these

sounds are usually there by 18 months or so. I also started teaching

Max sign at 19 months old and boy did that take off. Max even started

making up his own signs. You could really tell there was a little boy

in there who wanted to communicate verbally, but who just couldn't do

it.

Anyway, that was my experience.

(Max's Mom, 2.9, suspected oral/verbal apraxia)

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia

(currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have

a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

We started with feeding issues and our late talker didn't make her

first sound until 2 years (cried and laughed on schedule, no gurgling

or babbling or cooing). She had low muscle tone globally which finally

resolved the feeding issues but not the talking issues. We are at 2

1/2 with a nice sign language vocabulary. Verbal vocabulary and eating

are coming along.

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim!

's speech development seemed normal at first. She said " mama "

and then " dada " appropriately at about 10 months. She added " hi "

shortly thereafter. But then her speech development just ... stopped.

It did not regress, it just stopped. Clearly, was bright and

she definitely understood what we were saying, but she just could not

get words out, except for " mama, " " dada " and " hi. " She would say some

other words appropriately and clear as a bell, and then not say them

again. She was unable to say those very same words 2 minutes later.

This, of course, is a huge red flag for apraxia. It seems so obvious

now, but no one at the time thought it was odd. We told various

professionals again and again that she would say words clearly one

minute and then not be able to repeat them the next, but it took quite

awhile for anyone to " get it. " Sigh ... hindsight is always 20/20,

isn't it?

The good news is that, with 17 months of appropriate therapy under our

belts, is doing amazingly well. She is talking up a storm using

complete sentences. Although her intelligibility still lessens with the

length of the utterance, she is largely intelligible. One year ago, she

had 10 words. She must be up to 900 - 1,000 now. There is hope.

I hope that helps!

_____________________

Warmly,

Oakes-Hauf

Mom to , 3.7 (verbal apraxia)

and 1.5 (and talking away!)

ksteltz77 wrote:

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

>

[Guest guest]

My daughter was very early doing everything: Held her head upright

immediately, sat by self by 4 months, said " ma ma " at 6 months,

crawled at 6 months, walked at 10 months spoke in 2 word sentences at

12 months and spoke in complete sentences by 15 months.

Two years after my daughter was born my son was born and it took him

weeks to hold his head upright, sat by himself at 5 months but could

not get himself there by himself. By 7 months he was not rolling over

so we began physical therapy (said he was low tone) and finally at 9

months he began to crawl. It wasn't until 14 months that he began to

walk.

I knew from the time he didn't hold his his head straight a week after

he was born that something was not right. But I only had my first

born to compare him to, and she has always been a superstar! And

everyone said " he's a boy, boys are slower " . I brought the concern of

not speaking to the pediatrician at his 12 month exam and then again

at 15 months and he said that it was typical of a second child not to

speak because the first child gets him everything he needs. At 18

months I couldn't stand it anymore and had him evaluated. They said

he was a little behind and had us see a developmental therapist once a

week. At 2 years old after seeing no progress I had him reevaluated

and he was diagnosed dyspraxia of speech.

Finally I had a diagnosis! We began EFA's and Vitamin E and speech

therapy. It has only been a week and I don't know if it is the

supplements, the therapy (we only have had two sessions), or if he has

just decided to start speaking, but my son is finally trying to speak.

He is making the beginning sounds of things he wants ( " buh " for

ball). I just hope that we keep moving forward.....

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

I believe that my first clues became before my son was one. He did not coo,

babble, or " play with language sounds. " Sometimes he laughed- not often-

that came later. He was not an overly smiley baby. I thought he was

unhappy. He did cry, and was seemingly discontent as an infant. Sometimes

food or a diaper change didn't seem to be a reason for his mood. I felt

terrible. Again, I though he was not content or happy. He would look at me

when I talked, but did not appear to " listen. " He showed no interest or

curiosity in attempting or imitating sounds. And he couldn't kiss; I guess

that would better be described as not being able to pucker. He'd get up and

put his wide, open mouth on our lips and sort of move his mouth over ours.

We just thought that was his way of kissing. Not too long ago I learned

that that is often a sign of oral apraxia. I couldn't believe that there

was an actual REASON for his funny kissing.

No attempts at words until around one. One day he was looking at the box

turtles in our vegetable garden. Out of the blue, as he left the garden I

heard him say to himself, " Tur-tle. " I was overjoyed and amazed. Thank

you, box turtles. (They will forever be special to us.)

By one, I told my husband, " I believe he has a speech delay. " He was 18

mos. old when he called me " Mama " with meaning.

On 12/20/06, ksteltz77 <ksteltz77@...> wrote:

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

I got my pediatrician to refer us for EI speech at 19 months. I

started to worry at about 15 months that something was wrong because

Max didn't talk much at all and only had about 3-4 words. Mama,

Daddy, " gy " for doggy, and something that sounded like " kitty. " He

also had signs of classic oral apraxia like problems with voluntary

mouth movements although I didn't know that at the time. He couldn't

do rasberries, blow, pucker for a kiss, didn't lick stuff off of the

outside of his mouth. He didn't had any problems with eating

however. At about 18 months, 2 things happened (1st antibiotics and I

stopped breastfeeding) and Max lost all words except for Daddy.

About this time, I read " The Late Talker " and boy did a light go on

for me. Anyway, we went thru hearing tests and a speech evaluation

and started therapy at about 22 months.

A couple of other tell tale signs that I didn't pick up at the time.

Max had a very limited repertoire of consonant sounds. At his

evaluation, he really only was using " d " , " t " , and " s " . He didn't

make any sounds like " b " , " p " , or " m " which are normally early

developing. He didn't have the " k " or " g " sounds either. All these

sounds are usually there by 18 months or so. I also started teaching

Max sign at 19 months old and boy did that take off. Max even started

making up his own signs. You could really tell there was a little boy

in there who wanted to communicate verbally, but who just couldn't do

it.

Anyway, that was my experience.

(Max's Mom, 2.9, suspected oral/verbal apraxia)

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia

(currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have

a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

We started with feeding issues and our late talker didn't make her

first sound until 2 years (cried and laughed on schedule, no gurgling

or babbling or cooing). She had low muscle tone globally which finally

resolved the feeding issues but not the talking issues. We are at 2

1/2 with a nice sign language vocabulary. Verbal vocabulary and eating

are coming along.

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim!

's speech development seemed normal at first. She said " mama "

and then " dada " appropriately at about 10 months. She added " hi "

shortly thereafter. But then her speech development just ... stopped.

It did not regress, it just stopped. Clearly, was bright and

she definitely understood what we were saying, but she just could not

get words out, except for " mama, " " dada " and " hi. " She would say some

other words appropriately and clear as a bell, and then not say them

again. She was unable to say those very same words 2 minutes later.

This, of course, is a huge red flag for apraxia. It seems so obvious

now, but no one at the time thought it was odd. We told various

professionals again and again that she would say words clearly one

minute and then not be able to repeat them the next, but it took quite

awhile for anyone to " get it. " Sigh ... hindsight is always 20/20,

isn't it?

The good news is that, with 17 months of appropriate therapy under our

belts, is doing amazingly well. She is talking up a storm using

complete sentences. Although her intelligibility still lessens with the

length of the utterance, she is largely intelligible. One year ago, she

had 10 words. She must be up to 900 - 1,000 now. There is hope.

I hope that helps!

_____________________

Warmly,

Oakes-Hauf

Mom to , 3.7 (verbal apraxia)

and 1.5 (and talking away!)

ksteltz77 wrote:

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

>

[Guest guest]

My daughter was very early doing everything: Held her head upright

immediately, sat by self by 4 months, said " ma ma " at 6 months,

crawled at 6 months, walked at 10 months spoke in 2 word sentences at

12 months and spoke in complete sentences by 15 months.

Two years after my daughter was born my son was born and it took him

weeks to hold his head upright, sat by himself at 5 months but could

not get himself there by himself. By 7 months he was not rolling over

so we began physical therapy (said he was low tone) and finally at 9

months he began to crawl. It wasn't until 14 months that he began to

walk.

I knew from the time he didn't hold his his head straight a week after

he was born that something was not right. But I only had my first

born to compare him to, and she has always been a superstar! And

everyone said " he's a boy, boys are slower " . I brought the concern of

not speaking to the pediatrician at his 12 month exam and then again

at 15 months and he said that it was typical of a second child not to

speak because the first child gets him everything he needs. At 18

months I couldn't stand it anymore and had him evaluated. They said

he was a little behind and had us see a developmental therapist once a

week. At 2 years old after seeing no progress I had him reevaluated

and he was diagnosed dyspraxia of speech.

Finally I had a diagnosis! We began EFA's and Vitamin E and speech

therapy. It has only been a week and I don't know if it is the

supplements, the therapy (we only have had two sessions), or if he has

just decided to start speaking, but my son is finally trying to speak.

He is making the beginning sounds of things he wants ( " buh " for

ball). I just hope that we keep moving forward.....

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

I believe that my first clues became before my son was one. He did not coo,

babble, or " play with language sounds. " Sometimes he laughed- not often-

that came later. He was not an overly smiley baby. I thought he was

unhappy. He did cry, and was seemingly discontent as an infant. Sometimes

food or a diaper change didn't seem to be a reason for his mood. I felt

terrible. Again, I though he was not content or happy. He would look at me

when I talked, but did not appear to " listen. " He showed no interest or

curiosity in attempting or imitating sounds. And he couldn't kiss; I guess

that would better be described as not being able to pucker. He'd get up and

put his wide, open mouth on our lips and sort of move his mouth over ours.

We just thought that was his way of kissing. Not too long ago I learned

that that is often a sign of oral apraxia. I couldn't believe that there

was an actual REASON for his funny kissing.

No attempts at words until around one. One day he was looking at the box

turtles in our vegetable garden. Out of the blue, as he left the garden I

heard him say to himself, " Tur-tle. " I was overjoyed and amazed. Thank

you, box turtles. (They will forever be special to us.)

By one, I told my husband, " I believe he has a speech delay. " He was 18

mos. old when he called me " Mama " with meaning.

On 12/20/06, ksteltz77 <ksteltz77@...> wrote:

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia (currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you ALL so much for sharing your personal stories. that helps me

greatly. I seem to know that I have a " jump " on things b/c my son is

so young but I can't help like feeling that I " m waiting for the " other

shoe to drop. " My son sounds VERY similiar to many of your children.

So, there is definitely something there....just wish I had a clearer

picture. Thanks again, I appreciate everyone being so willing to share

such personal stories. Happy Holidays.

[Guest guest]

hi,

My little girl is adopted, but when we met her at 11 months old, we

noticed nothing and a pediatrician who examined her closely felt all

was good. She was babbling, pointing, blowing bubbles, puckering,

eating all seemingly ok.

Over the next few months her babbling declined to the point of near

silence. Her only sound was first " da " , then she lost " da " and

changed to " ma " . But not just " ma " , sometimes " ma ma ma ma

........... " .... up to 15 or so rapid, involuntary sounding

repetitions in a sort of metallic monotone.

On being presented with ASL, she learned many signs quickly and

appropriately around age 17 months.

She was given a firm diagnosis of apraxia by 19 months. She has much

more vocalization now but a great deal of difficulty still and a long

way to go, though she has come far.

[Guest guest]

One thing you can try is the Baby Babble video. This was what jump

started my daughter talking, it has quite a few oral motor exercises

for the child to try copying. At the end there is a little clip on

what a parent can do to encourage speech in their child. It starts at

a cooing age and goes through each step along the way.

>

> Thank you ALL so much for sharing your personal stories. that helps me

> greatly. I seem to know that I have a " jump " on things b/c my son is

> so young but I can't help like feeling that I " m waiting for the " other

> shoe to drop. " My son sounds VERY similiar to many of your children.

> So, there is definitely something there....just wish I had a clearer

> picture. Thanks again, I appreciate everyone being so willing to share

> such personal stories. Happy Holidays.

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you ALL so much for sharing your personal stories. that helps me

greatly. I seem to know that I have a " jump " on things b/c my son is

so young but I can't help like feeling that I " m waiting for the " other

shoe to drop. " My son sounds VERY similiar to many of your children.

So, there is definitely something there....just wish I had a clearer

picture. Thanks again, I appreciate everyone being so willing to share

such personal stories. Happy Holidays.

[Guest guest]

hi,

My little girl is adopted, but when we met her at 11 months old, we

noticed nothing and a pediatrician who examined her closely felt all

was good. She was babbling, pointing, blowing bubbles, puckering,

eating all seemingly ok.

Over the next few months her babbling declined to the point of near

silence. Her only sound was first " da " , then she lost " da " and

changed to " ma " . But not just " ma " , sometimes " ma ma ma ma

........... " .... up to 15 or so rapid, involuntary sounding

repetitions in a sort of metallic monotone.

On being presented with ASL, she learned many signs quickly and

appropriately around age 17 months.

She was given a firm diagnosis of apraxia by 19 months. She has much

more vocalization now but a great deal of difficulty still and a long

way to go, though she has come far.

[Guest guest]

One thing you can try is the Baby Babble video. This was what jump

started my daughter talking, it has quite a few oral motor exercises

for the child to try copying. At the end there is a little clip on

what a parent can do to encourage speech in their child. It starts at

a cooing age and goes through each step along the way.

>

> Thank you ALL so much for sharing your personal stories. that helps me

> greatly. I seem to know that I have a " jump " on things b/c my son is

> so young but I can't help like feeling that I " m waiting for the " other

> shoe to drop. " My son sounds VERY similiar to many of your children.

> So, there is definitely something there....just wish I had a clearer

> picture. Thanks again, I appreciate everyone being so willing to share

> such personal stories. Happy Holidays.

>

[Guest guest]

My mother just got that DVD for my son for Christmas. It's all I can do not to

open it and let him watch it early!

, mom to Cordis, almost 3, non-verbal

Christy <christy1246@...> wrote:

One thing you can try is the Baby Babble video. This was what jump

started my daughter talking, it has quite a few oral motor exercises

for the child to try copying. At the end there is a little clip on

what a parent can do to encourage speech in their child. It starts at

a cooing age and goes through each step along the way.

>

> Thank you ALL so much for sharing your personal stories. that helps me

> greatly. I seem to know that I have a " jump " on things b/c my son is

> so young but I can't help like feeling that I " m waiting for the " other

> shoe to drop. " My son sounds VERY similiar to many of your children.

> So, there is definitely something there....just wish I had a clearer

> picture. Thanks again, I appreciate everyone being so willing to share

> such personal stories. Happy Holidays.

>

[Guest guest]

My mother just got that DVD for my son for Christmas. It's all I can do not to

open it and let him watch it early!

, mom to Cordis, almost 3, non-verbal

Christy <christy1246@...> wrote:

One thing you can try is the Baby Babble video. This was what jump

started my daughter talking, it has quite a few oral motor exercises

for the child to try copying. At the end there is a little clip on

what a parent can do to encourage speech in their child. It starts at

a cooing age and goes through each step along the way.

>

> Thank you ALL so much for sharing your personal stories. that helps me

> greatly. I seem to know that I have a " jump " on things b/c my son is

> so young but I can't help like feeling that I " m waiting for the " other

> shoe to drop. " My son sounds VERY similiar to many of your children.

> So, there is definitely something there....just wish I had a clearer

> picture. Thanks again, I appreciate everyone being so willing to share

> such personal stories. Happy Holidays.

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

When my daughter was that young, her language was completely Non-

existant. However at 12 mths old, I wasn't 100% concerned with her

lack of language. What did have me more concerned was her

eating/mouthing skills. She gagged/choked on everything she ate. And

didn't really " mouth " things like teething rings when she was cutting

her teeth. At the time I thought that was really odd.

At 18mths, I was becomming very concerned with her lack of language.

Especially with the fact that she wasn't saying the typical things

like, Mommy, Daddy, doggy, baba,(bottle), etc. She still was gagging

on foods too.

It was then that I contacted Early Intervention. They came to our home

to evaluate her when she was about 20-22 months old. She was still non-

verbal then. She didn't start to talk until she was sbout 30 months

old. (she had about 5 words at the age of 34 mths old)

Then her words were very simple, and all appoximations, or way off.

Such as " Gaga " for Daddy. " Gee-Gee " for kitty.

She didn't really boom in her language till about 4- 4 1/2 years old.

She is now 5 1/2, and still gags on her food today.

Hope this was helpful for you.

Dawn in NJ.

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia

(currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have

a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

When my daughter was that young, her language was completely Non-

existant. However at 12 mths old, I wasn't 100% concerned with her

lack of language. What did have me more concerned was her

eating/mouthing skills. She gagged/choked on everything she ate. And

didn't really " mouth " things like teething rings when she was cutting

her teeth. At the time I thought that was really odd.

At 18mths, I was becomming very concerned with her lack of language.

Especially with the fact that she wasn't saying the typical things

like, Mommy, Daddy, doggy, baba,(bottle), etc. She still was gagging

on foods too.

It was then that I contacted Early Intervention. They came to our home

to evaluate her when she was about 20-22 months old. She was still non-

verbal then. She didn't start to talk until she was sbout 30 months

old. (she had about 5 words at the age of 34 mths old)

Then her words were very simple, and all appoximations, or way off.

Such as " Gaga " for Daddy. " Gee-Gee " for kitty.

She didn't really boom in her language till about 4- 4 1/2 years old.

She is now 5 1/2, and still gags on her food today.

Hope this was helpful for you.

Dawn in NJ.

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia

(currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have

a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

When my daughter was that young, her language was completely Non-

existant. However at 12 mths old, I wasn't 100% concerned with her

lack of language. What did have me more concerned was her

eating/mouthing skills. She gagged/choked on everything she ate. And

didn't really " mouth " things like teething rings when she was cutting

her teeth. At the time I thought that was really odd.

At 18mths, I was becomming very concerned with her lack of language.

Especially with the fact that she wasn't saying the typical things

like, Mommy, Daddy, doggy, baba,(bottle), etc. She still was gagging

on foods too.

It was then that I contacted Early Intervention. They came to our home

to evaluate her when she was about 20-22 months old. She was still non-

verbal then. She didn't start to talk until she was sbout 30 months

old. (she had about 5 words at the age of 34 mths old)

Then her words were very simple, and all appoximations, or way off.

Such as " Gaga " for Daddy. " Gee-Gee " for kitty.

She didn't really boom in her language till about 4- 4 1/2 years old.

She is now 5 1/2, and still gags on her food today.

Hope this was helpful for you.

Dawn in NJ.

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia

(currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have

a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

Kim,

When my daughter was that young, her language was completely Non-

existant. However at 12 mths old, I wasn't 100% concerned with her

lack of language. What did have me more concerned was her

eating/mouthing skills. She gagged/choked on everything she ate. And

didn't really " mouth " things like teething rings when she was cutting

her teeth. At the time I thought that was really odd.

At 18mths, I was becomming very concerned with her lack of language.

Especially with the fact that she wasn't saying the typical things

like, Mommy, Daddy, doggy, baba,(bottle), etc. She still was gagging

on foods too.

It was then that I contacted Early Intervention. They came to our home

to evaluate her when she was about 20-22 months old. She was still non-

verbal then. She didn't start to talk until she was sbout 30 months

old. (she had about 5 words at the age of 34 mths old)

Then her words were very simple, and all appoximations, or way off.

Such as " Gaga " for Daddy. " Gee-Gee " for kitty.

She didn't really boom in her language till about 4- 4 1/2 years old.

She is now 5 1/2, and still gags on her food today.

Hope this was helpful for you.

Dawn in NJ.

>

> I'd love to hear people's experiences when their children were very

> young 12mo-18mo. or so...regarding their language development. Did

> you suspect something then? How did they develop sound, imitation

> etc. My son is very young and being watched for dyspraxia

(currently

> just dx with hypotonia and dev delay but a dev ped thinks

> apraxia/dyspraxia). His language development seems weird. We have

a

> speech therapist etc. But I was wondering from a parent's

> perspective, what you saw when you look back. Thanks in advance for

> sharing! Kim

>

[Guest guest]

My Son did not babbleand he did not have any words. He was silent. He would

laugh and giggle. And I guess what is cooing. His pediatrician sent me to First

Steps for an evaluation when he was about18 mos? She noticed something was wrong

when he was about 12 mos old. I did not hear Momma or any clear words until

after he had been on the Omega's at about 3.5. Before then he went to speech

therapy, DI, and OT. He also did the play group at the Deaf School He started

Preschool there when he was 3. After starting speech we had alot of babbling and

ofcourse we worked on alot of sign language. There were certain sounds he would

make for words but nothing clear and ofcourse no one but me understood and even

then I am not sure if I understood his words/sounds as much as just knowing him.

I recently decided to remove JoeJoe off of Omega's and I will confess that

within a week I noticed a drastic change in his clarity. His speech has clarity.

There is no guessing on words, not for me

not for anyone. Over the Holidays everyone was so shocked by how well he could

talk. He is very clear on his words. Ofcourse with any child, if he gets excited

it is over with, but I am so thrilled. There are still a few issues we have to

work on, T's and K's being the worse. I know for a fact that the Omega's helped

JoeJoe start talking, and I know that since I have taken him off of the Omega's

there has been no regression there has been a complete surge in his speech. I am

very grateful for the Omega's and I know that he never would have talked without

them. I also know ow that he no longer needs them. I wish everyone much luck and

sucess with whatever they decide to do for the child. Much love and many

wonderful wishes for all of the Miracles that wait for us in the new year.

Life is too short to spend it placing blame on things and people who no longer

make a difference.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

My Son did not babbleand he did not have any words. He was silent. He would

laugh and giggle. And I guess what is cooing. His pediatrician sent me to First

Steps for an evaluation when he was about18 mos? She noticed something was wrong

when he was about 12 mos old. I did not hear Momma or any clear words until

after he had been on the Omega's at about 3.5. Before then he went to speech

therapy, DI, and OT. He also did the play group at the Deaf School He started

Preschool there when he was 3. After starting speech we had alot of babbling and

ofcourse we worked on alot of sign language. There were certain sounds he would

make for words but nothing clear and ofcourse no one but me understood and even

then I am not sure if I understood his words/sounds as much as just knowing him.

I recently decided to remove JoeJoe off of Omega's and I will confess that

within a week I noticed a drastic change in his clarity. His speech has clarity.

There is no guessing on words, not for me

not for anyone. Over the Holidays everyone was so shocked by how well he could

talk. He is very clear on his words. Ofcourse with any child, if he gets excited

it is over with, but I am so thrilled. There are still a few issues we have to

work on, T's and K's being the worse. I know for a fact that the Omega's helped

JoeJoe start talking, and I know that since I have taken him off of the Omega's

there has been no regression there has been a complete surge in his speech. I am

very grateful for the Omega's and I know that he never would have talked without

them. I also know ow that he no longer needs them. I wish everyone much luck and

sucess with whatever they decide to do for the child. Much love and many

wonderful wishes for all of the Miracles that wait for us in the new year.

Life is too short to spend it placing blame on things and people who no longer

make a difference.

__________________________________________________