Slow speech toddlers
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s very affectionate, hugs, gives eye contact, reacts to her name (nearly all the time), plays very well with other toddlers, shares toys, loves looking at and playing with other toddlers on swings and slides or will walk into a group of toddlers (we have friends with kids of a similar age) and will play no problem. No tantrums beyond the usual I can't get what I want tantrums but they're not all that common. She smiles when smiled at, laughs.
He sometimes hits it so hard he bleeds or bruises I am very concerned about this. Ive heard that most toddlers hit themselves (which he also does), but I have never seen this. what can I do to stop this before he seriously hurts himself?
Recently my 3 yr old has been going to a psychiatrist and they gave him clonidine for ADHD, he's on the smallest possible dose! It seems to help slow him down but he's still downright mean!!! He doesnt think twice about pulling hair, hitting, pinching, and even biting. Adults and other children. Most of the time he does it when he thinks he is being restrained or when another child is too close, giving him a look or trying to take something away from him. He is such a bully!!
I used to think this was worse than it is, but this seems fairly common.
I agree with the others that his hearing needs to be thoroughly checked, and I'd go to a speech path at this point for an assessment.
The fact that everything else is on track is a really good sign.
3 words at age 2 is way behind in language and she would qualify for speech therapy at the least. There probably is a reason for her screaming and crying, but she can't communicate that reason to you. My daughter has tantrums really bad. I think if she could communicate why, she wouldn't have some of them. Or at least I could remedy what was wrong in some of the instances.
My son did. Talk to his pediatrician about it. Speech therapists often deal with feeding problems when a child is young before speech issues become apparent. It is amazing all of the motor control that goes into eating and speaking. His motor planning and function may be off a bit. It is worth looking into as with easy therapy this can be greatly improved. My son chews like a champ now but not when it comes to meat.
On the way to hospital everything slowed down in my mind and speech. I still have slurred, slow, jerky speech and twitching in my upper back when i walk. MRI, CT, blood tests, EEG all clear to rule out stroke or tumour or lesions. I was released with the neurologists saying it'll just go away in a few weeks. Even suggested psych review which again cleared me for any psychological issues. They said they have no explanation but are so confident it will go away. It's very frustrating.....
Hi. How old is your grandaughter?? It is amazing how resilient little ones can be! My husband and I say that all the time. Some of the falls, bumps and boo boo's my kids endure would send me crying or to the hospital! Our boys just jump right back up most of the time. So, it is hard to say if what you describe is abnormal or not. Some kids do have an underresponsive nervous system and they don't feel pain like the rest of us and that can end up being dangerous down the road.
Then there is the mechanical part of communicating our language and that is speech. Problems with speech can include just trying to get the words out, pronouncing the words, the tonal quality of our speech, using emphasis and inflection. Problems with speech can be from weakness or spasticity of the muscles of our mouths, throats and vocal cords. Or it can be with the way our brain tries to direct the speech.
He also puts his own speech together. But there is a difference in his echolalic speech that sounds advanced, compared to his own speech that sounds very immature.
When my son watches TV, if he hears something he likes the sound of, or he wants to remember it, he will leave the lounge and go into the hallway and repeat the sentence a couple of times to himself before he comes back into the room to resume watching the TV.
My son is diagnosed with HFA.
It is good that you have been accessing services for your son and that you recognized early that he had delayed speech. A diagnosis of autism involves deficits in social interactions (no eye contact), delayed language and rigidity in routines or perseverative behaviors that are hard to interrupt.
Delayed speech with heaviness and numbness in the tongue can all lead to slurred speech or dysarthria. Dysarthria refers to slow and distorted speech, such as slurring. It results from the inability to control or coordinate the muscles used in speaking. It could be caused due to traumatic head injury, stroke, bell’s palsy, degenerative diseases of the brain etc.
I think in your mother’s case it could most probably be stroke or bell’s palsy.
Last few weeks am getting odd sharp pain on top part of head and right side. Pains a re very sharp and
quite severve while it is happening. Am on warfarin and have been having (only last 6 months) trouble with keeping INR at a reasonable level either too low or too high.
At times very tired but then I push myself to get everything I need to do, my speech makes me still very frustrated at times I must concentrate to talk and often come out with speech back to front etc.
I have a 22 month old speech delayed son. After looking up possibilities of why he might not be speaking (much) I noticed one cause was autism. I have previous experience with working with adults with autism, Aspergers, etc., but am unsure how autism and autism spectrum disorders usually present themselves in toddlers. Here's a brief summary of my son:
My son stays at home with me. My husband works from home as well so there is always one of us attending to all his needs.
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