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I really love the Richard Scarry books, does she have any special interests? My son is obsessed with cars and trucks so we read lots of books about them. I follow a few different SLPs on Instagram too, my son has some echolalia learning patterns so we sing songs a lot.

We read my daughter books! She absolutely loves them! We also limit her screen time. I’m a SAHM and I just talk to my daughter alllll day😅

There are a lot of slps you can follow who give tips. Peds_slp and raisinglittletalkers are 2 on Instagram. A lot of direct play with repetition is helpful. Like playing with a shape sorter together and emphasizing words like "in" and "out." Even things without toys, like lifting your baby's hands up and saying "up" and doing the same for "down." Name things and repeat it without asking them to say it, just emphasize it yourself "ball", "I'm putting the ball in the bucket!" "You throw the ball!" There's a book called Imitation Book that has fun sounds for them to imitate with you that is great too!

My daughter turned 18 months on the 10th and she just started saying words last week! She says hi and up yes and no Give it some time She was technically supposed to be talking at 14 months, but just recently started saying words

Lots of music and ms Rachel. Honestly, toddler music is a godsend and kids pick up on the repetitive pattern so quickly. My husband before we had our son was like “I’m never going to listen to kid music” and now he turns it on right as we start our day because he knows how good it is for our kiddo and how happy it makes him. Sometimes we go for car rides and if we don’t have Ms Rachel just singing with no video, we get meltdowns because he likes to listen to what he likes. Some kids are very receptive to language while others take a little longer. Don’t be hard on yourself as a mommy. Your child will get there and before you know it, will be talking your ear off! What other development flags made them think your baby was 7 months?

Ms Rachel

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Hey, my first was like that. Sound like therapy isn’t what its supposed to be. My oldest had therapy and was amazing. She worked/played with him an hour every week. Youvhave to sit and watch how they do it. If theyre just giving you tips, get a new therapist

@Katherine she likes when I sing and interactive books like the pop button books and the 3D books but I also follow some SLPMs on IG too . But I probably should read to her more often

@JL love this I’m going to look for the book and try it

@Shaina thank you ! I try not too but I also want to set her up for success . Besides the evaluation, she does not respond to her name and she used to say dad and not mom but now she only says mom and not dad so that raised a flag too. Her eye contact was low also but that has since improved.

@Ni I like the idea of private SLP feel like they might care a little more then the one from the state.

@Ashlyn yes she gives me tips and attempts to play with her but I don’t feel like she is aggressive enough she’s very just blah your daughter is running around today 😑 , & she only comes once a month which is crazy to me.

@Kelly that’s definitely not standard.. find someone else

@Ashlyn yes I’m def considering it now , she is basically the child development therapist & finally after 4 months I just got a speech therapist for her.

@Kelly I hope it works for you! We love that book and it's so fun to "act out" the different actions. Remember noises count as words too so even words like "yay" and "uh-oh." If you don't already know any, learning some baby-friendly ASL signs can help too and count as words. They can often sign some phrases before they can talk. Good ones to learn and teach are "more" and "all done." All done is even pictured in that imitation book!

Ms Rachel, books and basically narrating the things I do with him!

My daughter is almost 18 months too and isn’t talking too super much either. She babbles a bunch and understands a lot, but doesn’t use a lot of actual words or word approximations yet. And I’m an SLP so it’s particularly disheartening. So I’ve started doing more direct speech techniques with her and she’s starting to pick up on some more words. Bring items of interest to your mouth so she can see how you make the sounds for different words, and get on her level when talking with her/using that technique so you two are face to face. Give her opportunities in games or familiar songs to fill in the blank of what to say. Like others said above, repetitive songs, games and books, and narrate what you do throughout the day so she hears lots of language from you.