Talking

Idk how everyone feels about screen time, but I honestly think my son talks as much as he does bc of Ms Rachel. He loves her and responds back to her a lot

My daughter is 17months and will say mumma, dadda, that, auntie, nana, Mimi and she points to everything she will also go mhmh to say yes… but she’s been watching Mrs Rachel and it’s starting to help her… her dr said if she can’t say 10-20 words by her next appointment we have to have speech therapy

Mine says dog blue mommy da da pawpaw tutu(grandma) up no now cup go away back it up yummy yes mine shoe baby read

@Nicole yes mine watches Rachel religiously as well. Lots of songs numbers abcs words colors etc. feel he should be saying more

@Victoria Aguilar yes I feel like that is a good amount of words

@Alyssa King ill have to check with his pediatrician to see if the same recommendation is made for him

I’m a bit worried my girl is smart but only says dog

My little starts speech therapy tomorrow. She has a delay and mostly hums/mumbles. I believe each kid goes at their own rate. I’m just making sure mine gets some extra help bc she was born with a autoimmune virus that causes delays

My daughter has one word (“wa” for water) and makes maybe 4 different animal sounds. I’ve been trying to limit screen time so we haven’t done a lot of Ms Rachel, but am wondering if it would help…. My pediatrician said 3 words minimum by 18 months…. But as an SLP I’m concerned… we’re moving soon to a different state, so if she doesn’t have few more words by the end of this month, I plan to get her signed up for early intervention by the time we move. It does makes me feel like a bit of a failure as an SLP and a mom 😔 I’m trying to do all the SLP strategies at home best I can, but I’m more familiar working with 3-5 year olds so maybe there’s something I’m missing for this age group? I take her to the library story times and lots of other things outside of the house, read to her, and try to narrate the things she and I do. She understands a lot, just doesn’t seem interested in imitating many specific words or sounds when modeled. She does babble and use a good amount of signs.

My husband has been trying to keep our toddler away from baby shows...but she's 18 mos old and only says 5 half words. (Nana for banana, pull for apple) and so on... But I just convinced him to let her watch miss Rachel. Hopefully it will help

I saw that doing baby signs also counts as a word, are you guys doing signing?

A friend of mine is going through this with her son. Turns out, kiddo has severe tongue ties which makes it difficult to speak. They did the surgery and started speech and he seems to be doing ALOT better. Maybe it’s something you need to look into. My son had ties and we did the surgery and he has a TON of words (65+) and has been progressing with two words sentences for the past two months. We had a LOT of occupational therapy (and physical therapy due to torticolis) to help him move his tongue and get his mouth strong and our experience has been very successful thus far. It was a REALLY hard battle but with therapy, love and patience, my kiddo got through his bump in the road.

I'm a Speech Language Pathologist and can say every kiddo is different... but as a trained therapist I still dont recognize when my daughter is saying some things! What I will say is... signs count, environmental sounds/animal noises often count, and it doesnt matter if they are pronouncing it right.

You can message me with questions.... and also there is no consistent credible research to suggest that "releasing oral ties" is beneficial for speech language development both me and my daughter have ties and have no speech/language issues.

Trilingual household, but I have experience! My 5 year old wasn't saying anything at 18 months old. Maybe mama dada and perro but not close to forming 2 words together. Once she turned 2.5 she was talking and I mean talking!!!! At 5, she is fluent, in all three languages and can communicate amazingly. I will admit I was worried. Going to the park and library, seeing her peers talk was disheartening, and I definitely questioned myself as a mom. Now, I'm a very proud mom and sometimes find myself laughing at the early mom I was. My son, who is now 18 months old, seems to be on the same trajectory but is saying a lot more words than my daughter at the same age. I'm assuming because he hears his sibling talking. I'm not going to bother worrying. Every child is different clearly, but neither one of my kids knows who Ms. Rachel is, and I'm ok with that🤷🏿‍♀️

My child had only a few words at 2 and now at three he is a chatterbox. His preschool teacher even said his language is amazing - honestly wouldn’t worry - best tip I got was even if you’re reading to him a lot - make sure it’s at least 30 min per day , every single day - I think my lo was nervous to ‘get it wrong’ and that’s why he held off. Same with his walking - they all excel in their own areas and eventually catch up with their peers in areas where they’re a bit ‘behind ‘

Every LO is different but my daughter has an approximate of 40+ words. In my case I believe that it runs in the family. Most of us have been early talkers and shes surrounded by very conversational people.

@Shanee were a bilingual household and you have no idea how much your comment helped me feel better! My 18 month old is also not saying many words, she tries, but only comes out as babbling and she tries in both languages, but I am feeling the same as you did with your youngest, seeing her peers talking so much and even bilingual too makes me feel like I’m doing something wrong, but her strength was never the communication part she always moved and still worries more about running and climbing than sitting and reading or flash cards so I know every baby is different but you sharing your experience made me feel better!