Language Development

You know your kiddo Let’s face it: as awesome as you are, you’re not the best at everything.  You’re pretty good, but you would admit there are some other people who outclass you…better cooks, better at board games, better at your job…just better, period. But you know what you are the best at, better than anyone else in the world, even in all of history?  You’re the ultimate authority when it comes to your child.  No one knows her better than you do. That’s why you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she understands almost everything you communicate to her.  You know what she wants for lunch.  When you ask her what she wants to wear, you know what she’ll choose.  You know her favorite toy, her favorite dessert, her favorite movie to watch over and over again (Frozen). So what’s the problem?  The problem is that she has a very hard time … Keep Reading…

Part of Learning and Growing Your child is starting to talk and a lot of what she says sounds like gibberish, which is normal.  She still needs more practice. She still needs to do a lot more listening to get better at it. It could also be because the body parts (tongue, teeth, etc.) needed for speech are still developing. For many reasons, your child uses phonological processes to talk. Think of it as a verbal “short cut” so that she can get the words out. Her speech isn’t perfect, but you can get the gist of what she’s saying. You notice that she says things like “pider” instead of “spider” or “chock-it” instead of “chocolate.”  It’s adorable. Time To Worry?  A few years have passed.  In many ways she’s become more intelligible, a lot easier to understand. Many of the phonological processes she relied on are gone. Her speech and language skills have improved … Keep Reading…