Talkative but not communicating—should I worry?
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That said, every child learns various skills in their own time (for example mine still hasn't figured out how to jump 🤷🏻♀️) and it's still pretty early for them to be talking in full sentences so I don't think I'd necessarily worry!
Thanks for sharing your experiences, Paulina. Both my husband and I try our best to speak to her in full sentences. Earlier, we’d just give her things when she showed interest, but for the past 2 months, we’ve been completely focused on encouraging her to use sentences. We model sentences constantly and make sure to talk to her as much as possible. But she is not even trying! We’ve also completely cut out screen time to see if that helps with her communication.
Just keep at it, would be my advice. Seems like you're doing an amazing job! X
Thanks dear xx
Hmmm, how are you communicating with her? Do you speak to her in full sentences or just single words? I'm not an expert but have definitely noticed among family and friends that there seems to be a strong correlation between how the parents speak to the child and how the child communicates. For example, my husband's cousin's 2yo would point at a lamp and say "lamp" and her and her husband would just parrot back "lamp" at him. They never seem to actually talk to him except short phrases. Whereas us, my SIL and my in-laws tend to speak to our little ones like we would to any other person (full sentences, no "baby talk" etc) and our kids seem to have a pretty great grasp of both vocabulary and grammar for their age (2.5 and 3.5yo). We're bilingual too but so far I've failed to teach my LO my native language precisely because I don't use it with her as much as I should. She can only speak some words but can't communicate properly whereas her English is great. So I feel a lot of it is about exposure and modelling