Hi,
My son is 20 months old and he says just 4-5 words that too he repeats after me.Does not say on his own.We have got his speech evaluaion done.They have asked us to give him peech therapy and also develpmental therapy as they say he just follows our hand movements and does not respond to our words what we say.I am sure he has no hearing problem s when he is in some other place and he hears advertisment in tv he comes running fom there and stands in front of the tv.They also said that he follows only the normal routine directions/instructions.I would like to know if the therapy is effective,if anyone has gone through same problem and what have you done.
thanx Amita replied. Nisha, I have the EXACT problem with my 18 mos daughter - Oh my godm ur words are excatly mine and I am worried sick - O took her to the speech evaluation yesterday and the person there said that she \" may\" have apraxia but cannot confirm it.. she also recomended speech therapy. I have talked to so many people/moms to get an idea...I am still unsure My daughter will not address me as 'mamma' or my hubby as 'dada' - if I ask her 'how do u say dada', she will reply 'dada' AND look at her daddy BUT she wont address him. Another example, if I say - where is the TV/microwave - she will LOOK in the correct direction - but won't point to it with her finger out.. now if I try to outwit her by saying 'where is the TV' in a room without a TV she will look around but not fix her eyes on the object - so she KNOWs that there is no TV to look for. But if she wants to go out, she wont point to the main door...so my worry is that she does not attempt to communicate atall on her own for things she wants (milk/water/going out) yet if i ask her' where is your wrist' - she will show me her wrirst! One more thing - I can sing - twinkle twinkle litle star' and she will act it out - and make a star shape with her fingers to indicate star, same thing for 'if u r happy and u know it' - she will do clap/stomp/beep nose/hurray, also the marathi song 'ithey ithey bas rey mora' she will act it out... and yet simple things she wont do! One thing she started doing lately which concers me is when I ask her to get something - like shoes/ball/ she will pick it up and then CRY loud.. dont know what that means..as tho she is scared. This morning,I said \" bring me the ball'- she looked for the ball amidst her toys, picked it up, threw it at me and started crying...she used to understand shoes/socks- these days she wont get me those objects. And yet when i say lets brush our teethm she will start brushing her teeth with her fingers in mouth - so she knows some stuff and fails on others.. Abt voluntarily speaking - only baba and dede and sometimes 'esh' - NOTHING MORE! I am at my wits end..and really feel hopeless.Please ler me know your thoughts ruchika replied. hi nisha ,
its ok dont get panic about speech delay some kids start speaking early and some speaks late
like my daughter also started spaeking when she become full 2yrs and now she speak so much we literally have to say just shut up now...
anyways
wat u can do is
keep talking to her speak sme words more dnt think that she will start speaking suddenly in sentences .

reapeat many words
show him pictures in books tell her names and repeat name many times
show vegetables in kitchen and tell her u r cutting potato repaet this many time etc with other veg

in bath room tell her this is shampoo ...this is soap we ascrub our body with soap like wise u make small sentences she will also try repating after u.
bottom line is wat evr u do include her and keep telling her ....
bye
hope u get god results

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