5 Signs of a Speech Delay | Speech Therapist Explains

My sister didn't talk until she was 3! And there was no problem, she was just a late talker. Everyone develops at their own pace.

As a parent I think speech therapists are grossly underappreciated. Thank you for what you do.

According to my aunt and parents, I started to talk between 3-4 years old. Everyone has their own pace.

This pandemic doesn't help me get my child be social. With the lock down and social distancing. He lacks the social skills. Of course he's fine with me and dad but he's not used to being around other people and he doesn't seem like he's interested...

Thank you so much for this! My daughter is all like that except that she can do hand gestures like bye bye, flying kiss, gesturing 'where?', eyes blinking, etc.

This video and your comments gives me hope. I’m so stressed over the fact the my son is 2 years old and is hardly speaking clearly. Often times he’s babbling. Whenever he wants your attention he will take your hand and pull you towards whatever he wants. I can also see the frustration on his face because I know he wants to talk so we can understand.

My son was a pandemic kid, we live in melbourne australia where we had the longest lockdown in the world. Basically lived all his life for most part lockdown, while he developed really well he is struggling with speech he is almost 2 now only says mama dada and one word “car” that’s all, we are now seeking a speech therapist for him, we are not alone many lockdown kids are same.

Don't pressure urself mother. We all feel the same way. we just need to be patient and stay communicating to our child. My son is 2 years and 8months old. He only speak few words which he only heard from us daily so we always try to teach him new words and gestures to communicate with us. We don't rush him to speak coz he understands us in some ways and he's a smart kid and always curious in everything. He can manage anything by himself like pulling a chair and climb up the table to get a glass of water or putting his toys on his bag after playing etc.

You are wonderful excellent information I am a speech therapist from Egypt

To everyone who might need to hear it on this thread: if you see signs of autism in your child, it may be because of too much screen time. Please search "virtual autism" as it has become very common during this pandemic. My child has all the symptoms but when taken off all the screens, he has started getting better (especially at eye contact and socialising). Good luck to all of us in this pandemic world.

I have my 2 year old in early intervention. She has taught me lots of exercises that I do with my some of random times of the day. He really loves the interaction and engagement. He thinks it’s fun and probably isn’t aware that he’s learning. I see the progress little by little everyday so I’m completely encouraged to take 10 mines out the day a few times a day and sing sings and teach him words and phrases. He may not say the words but I can hear him babbling the melody. It’s so cute. I taught him to clap today which is big bc soon he will see that as a way to show excitement. Slowly he’s checking his milestones off the chart.

Thank You So Much, you gave us hope. 💓

Thankyou sooooo much for this!!!

Omg youre whole video is for me i swear! My son is 21mo and doesnt say words. He babbles like no others business, but doesnt say any words. He is VERY aggressive and has slapped me right in the face! I can tell he is frustrated that he cant speak. Its alot of dadadadadauuuhhuhuhhh.. or varying pitches of uhhh.. and yayayayayayayayayamamamamamamaaa.but cant make the p or w sound. We had an evaluation last week, so hopefully well be seeing a speech therapist soon. They said there is only one in our town. I work with him at home and watch ms. Rachel on youtube. Pray for us.

I never knew "ah" for things wasn't so normal! That as well as the other signs is what my 2.5 year old does!

Thank you so much ☺️ you make me feel relief.

This is one of your best videos like this. The graphics and music are a nice touch and you spent more time giving out information than promoting your course. I am just one person, but I really liked the format of this video and noticed the increased production value!

This video was amazing thank you!

Would love to see a collab with you and a child psychologist talking about some of the differences between speech delay and things like autism or attachment disorders in toddlers.

Thank you, this video was so helpful!