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Seeking Ideas for Constipated, Gassy Toddler
Worked with infants and toddlers who have special needs for ten years as an Early Intervention Specialist. Encountered the problem which your son has often. ...
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- I totally understand. "Eat more fruits and vegetables." Over the years, people have found countless ways to ignore that advice. "I don't have time." "It's too much tro...
- Have you ever tried given them chamomile tea? It's an old home remedy and some doctors even give the ok to give it. Well at least I've heard of some. Like mine and ...
- I am a SAHM of 5 kids so I have gone through what your going through. I don't know how willing you are to give meds, but 2 that won't hurt anything and they won't beco...
Early Intervention
Good Morning - My son has been receiving Early Intervention Services for Speech .... was NO that wasn't the case -they are specialist in this in many areas. ...
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- you are suppose to do the same thing, called practice. Speech is like any type of growth, slow times and then poof great improvement. Talk to the therapist a...
- Are you saying you want to stop the speech therapy? Maybe he's getting near the end of his therapy and there's been improvement and you don't see the need now? Y...
- May I ask what all of your children have needed this therapy for? My son is about to turn 3 and I think he may need some as well. He understands pretty much everythi...
My 9 Month Old Daughter's Babbling
(In MA it is Early Intervention, but all states have them). I say this not because I think something is wrong, but a chat with a specialist or a screening ...
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- A. Hi! As the most have said, not to worry to much right now. I am a childcare provider for 3 month - 5 year old children and have encountered many speech delays. Ear...
- Recently I read some research that talked about milestones and how babies hit them differently. The jist of the article basically said that often if your baby isn't d...
- A., Call the Birth23 program, they are amazing and FREE. Worked wonders for lots of families that i know, MINE included. My son would not even roll over at 8 ...
20 1/2-Month Old Does Not Talk
He needs his ears checked by an audiologist and a speech and langauge evaluation by a peditric speech pathologist (early intervention specialist). ...
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- My two-year-old son has maybe 10 words, and thats if we are generous with the definition of word. He doesn't even say moma, just "DA!" for both mom and dad. Boys are ...
- Hi R., I am a speech-language pathologist and my recommendation to you is to call your local Regional Center (that's what it's called in CA). In every state they ar...
- Hi I'll introduce myself as married w/3 children. My oldest is 14 years old and when he was 2 years old I noticed he wasn't talking and was limited to a few words. I t...
Screaming
mom of a 6 yr. old girl; developmental specialist in an early intervention program. Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This Report This Share ...
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- My daughter did this as well so I truly feel for you. She would do it in public as well and for the first time since being a mom I was getting the "can't you keep your...
- Don't respond to the screaming. Praise her when she "uses her words" to indicate her wants. If you respond to the screaming, it just reinforces the behavior.
- We have five children, ages 15 to 3. What has worked for us is when they scream for something, they DO NOT get what they want. Otherwise, it reinforces the behavior....
Preemie Development
He has an appoinment to see a specialist. He just went to the high risk clinic to be evaluated and they decided he would benefit from early intervention for ...
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- Hi M., As an Occupational therapy assistant, working 10 years in Early Intervention, I feel there are several things you can do for your son, your family, and your sa...
- M., I fostered a little preemie girl a couple of years ago and she developed these same symptoms. The pediatric specialists wondered if maybe at a later date she woul...
- Hello M., The one thing I would recommend is to make sure he is getting his vaccines later, at the adjusted age as if he went full term. Also, when it is time to g...
Speech and Vocabulary Concerns at 22 Months Old
I won't tell you not to worry, because I'm not a specialist, but I will encourage you to take advantage of Early Intervention's services. ...
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- Hi L., I'm a speech-language pathologist - pediatric. Definitely contact your pediatrician and insist that he/she recommends an Early Intervention evaluation by a...
- Hi there, It's never too early for Early Intervention. They will do an evaluation and let you know if he needs speech therapy. Good luck! A. W.
- I would advise you talk to your doctor to see if there is a physical problem, as you mentioned he sounds "tongue tied" - this is completely anecdotal, but my grandmoth...
20 Mnth Old Does Not Speak
I'd call early intervention and you can always start signing iwth him for .... him to a specialist but we decided to give him just a little while longer. ...
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- My son, too, took FOREVER to talk!! Even had Early Intervention coming to our house because I was so concerned. He sounded a lot like your son. I knew he wasn't dea...
- Do you do playgroups or playdates with kids who talk or are a little older? My oldest son really found his "voice" when he started playing with a boy just a few months...
- Hi D.- I definitely agree with the other posts. He should see Early Intervention to rule out any speech delay issues. They should be able to help you try to sort this...
Beautiful 3Yo W/ Delays - Need Help!
Early intervention is key! I will keep you all in our thoughts, .... as far as the tongue part of it, he needs to see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist. ...
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- The tongue sounds like what is called "tongue tied" and you may want to look into it. When a Child cannot lift the tongue to the pallet then the speech is effected. M...
- I had a speech delay problem w/ my 3y/o daughter. I had her hearing checked through Childrens Hospital. And she did also the early intervention through MC, which made ...
- You can have him evaluated at your local school. Ask them alot of schools have a preschool program and that program will have him eveluated and if they don't they can ...
13 Month Old Is Not Saying Words
See a specialist immediately. Speech pathologists are free if you seek early childhood intervention (must be provided by law). Also, early childhood ...
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- I'm sorry to hear that your son has stopped talking and seems that he is testing you. I am a Speech Therapist and Special Educator. I am curious if this happened short...
- Did the Doctor check his ears, because the same thing happen to my nephew and my sister had his ears checked and found out that he wasnt hearing well so they had these...
- Many universities offer language programs-please take time to look into those. Try speech departments,check the autism programs (no I am not stating this is any condit...
