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My daughter is delayed in speech and she's 2.5. She's at an 18 mos level (evaluated by a speech pathologist back in Sept) and is improving but she's not saying any of the pronouns yet. My recommendation is to get in touch with your local school district and ask about getting your child evaluated. There are usually programs established that will evaluate your child for free once they've turned 3. IF she's determined to be behind, they'll help coordinate therapy for her and can streamline the process for you all they way to public school. It doesn't hurt to evaluate her if you think she might be behind. IF she's not, great, if she is, then you can get her the help she needs.

No worries. My son just turned 3 in September, and since then his speech has improved greatly. Literally, in a matter of weeks. It happens very fast in a very short span of time for some kids and others get gradually better and others pick it up when they are 2 years old! My husband and I have one child, 3 year old boy, and we have worried sick over every milestone...he didn't walk until 15 months, had no real words the first year, etc. Finally, we calmed down and figured out he does things when he's ready. He was fully potty trained, day and night at 2.5 years old which shocked us....we thought since he was slower with everything else, he'd certainly be 5 until he was trained haha, but not so! He surprised us. He is just now making 3 and 5 words sentences, and is getting better everyday. Try to relax and let him work at his own pace.

If you have health insurance you should take her to be evaluated by a speech therapist. My son was a late speaker. I went through the exact same thing. He's 4 years old now and now he talks too much :) Some kids develop faster than others. Did you have her on a pacifier after 1 years old? If so, that could have played a role because that also prolonged my sons speech. He began seeing a speech therapist from the age of about 1 until he was 3 years old. She was great but honestly I think he decided to speak when he was ready. Don't be alarmed but please be proactive. Good luck!

I would have her evaluated. It sounds like she is only about at the level of my 18 month old daughter. My daughter understands everything we say to her and can follow multi-step instructions very well. She can say at least 4-5 word sentences, like "I want my drink" "I said hello" "I want to get up" and she even uses "I' every time, not "me" and she uses all the small words in between, like the words "and, to, my" etc. By the time my son turned 2 years old, he could speak in full sentences, back to back and hold full out conversations that a total stranger could understand! Does your daughter know and say all her body parts and colors and count and stuff yet? She should also be doing those things, and should have been doing them for over a year now. If she can't do those things either, I would really have her looked at for a learning disability.

No, don't worry about it yet. Ask your pediatrician the next time you see them about where they should be. Children develop differently.

My last daughter had a speech impediment. It was cute when she was little, but as she got older, it wasn't so cute anymore. She is in 5th grade this year, and graduated out of the "speech" program.

This is my daughter, that when she was in 2nd grade, they warned me they were going to hold her back, because they didn't think she was where she was supposed to be with her reading. Myself and my husband worked with her daily, she was promoted to 3rd grade. She is now on the principles honor roll, has scored above average in all subjects on the state testing. I'm glad they didn't hold her back, she developed, she just took a longer road to get there.

Good Luck Hon!

she might be a little behind, but I think she is still within acceptable range. My son does have a delay due to apraxia. He just turned 3 a few weeks ago. Most of his sentences are sorta short, and he is still considered behind. Here is some of the things he has said recently :

"carole, leave me alone!"

"I hungry for pagetti oh's"

"where is my harness"

" that makes sense"

"some stupid boy on my bus keeps talking to me"

if you can do it it would not hurt to have her speech checked by a speech therapist. I am sure that the therapist would LOVE to have to tell a parent that there child is just fine

every child develops differently. i dont think that you should be concerned since she is talking and understanding well, just give her some time

Nope. That's actually pretty normal.