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Youngest son (thing 2) who is almost 3 1/2 years old cannot talk (having speech therapy, etc - they don't know what the problem is). We can communicate using some vague words, noises and sign language. He is trying really hard but the words are just not coming out. Anyway (to get to the point) today he said 'I love you' (well he said 'I ov ooo' but I know what he meant). Nearly made me cry.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.He said the most important words in the world, sherrardk, even if not perfectly! I am so happy for you. This may well be start of wonderful things to come. Years ago I had a friend who's little boy was nearly 5 and wouldn't talk. No idea why. The doctors said he was perfectly normal, just didn't want to talk. By the time he reached 6 she had trouble shutting him up and his school teacher complained because he wouldn't sit quietly without babbling away. He is now in his late 30s and a lecturer at Dublin University.
Hi Ratter - you couldn't be more right. We have had money (well, credit and a huge mortgage, and we have been in the deepest of despair money wise) but this was priceless.
Hi everyone else - just wanted to add that all of my (our) children are gorgeous, lovely little people but this was particularly special for me (his only really clear word is Flower, which he calls his twin sister and that is (obviously) not her name).
Hi everyone else - just wanted to add that all of my (our) children are gorgeous, lovely little people but this was particularly special for me (his only really clear word is Flower, which he calls his twin sister and that is (obviously) not her name).
How wonderful Sherrardk, almost made me cry. My twin granddaughters went to play school and after a few weeks Mum was aked to send them to separate sessions as 1 spoke for the other, she never spke to anyone there though she spoke at home. So they had separate sessions and she came out of herself and has never looked back since.
how proud you mst have been sherra when he said "I ov ooo" it will come given time.
My youngest did not talk he used to point and we would talk for him and he would say "es"for yes and "o" for no, then one day at almost 4 we were on holiday at out little caravan and this lady brought him back most put out she was -she had stoppeed him climbing and he had said "mind own buddy business" well we were elated that he had spoken and she was affronted because we were praising him.
My youngest did not talk he used to point and we would talk for him and he would say "es"for yes and "o" for no, then one day at almost 4 we were on holiday at out little caravan and this lady brought him back most put out she was -she had stoppeed him climbing and he had said "mind own buddy business" well we were elated that he had spoken and she was affronted because we were praising him.
Wasn't it Winstone Churchill who couldn't speak until he was seven and when asked in later years said he didn't have anything to say?
My nephew did not speak until he was over four. He just made grunting noises and pointed to what he wanted. When someone refused to give him what he wanted until he said the word he gradually learned. He is perfectly normal now he is an adult and cannot remember what happened in his childhood.
Don't worry sherr - he will be fine - I ov ooo has to be the best sounds in the world. Mummy is nice too. I wish I was there to give him lots of cuddles - which I know he is already receiving from you.
My nephew did not speak until he was over four. He just made grunting noises and pointed to what he wanted. When someone refused to give him what he wanted until he said the word he gradually learned. He is perfectly normal now he is an adult and cannot remember what happened in his childhood.
Don't worry sherr - he will be fine - I ov ooo has to be the best sounds in the world. Mummy is nice too. I wish I was there to give him lots of cuddles - which I know he is already receiving from you.