Usually, the kids confidently pronounce simple words: "give", "mother", "woman", "dad". This is the time when a child speaks his first word, even if unconsciously. The two and a half years the child was supposed to not only fill up your vocabulary, but also to learn add the words simple sentences: "Let a bear!", "Let's go for a walk!", "Buy a ball!", "Give me a pen!" and so on. P. But what if the child is 2 years does not speak at all, or slur, understandable only mom sounds? Why does the baby "mouth porridge" when his peers already in full "tweet?"
Needless to say, in this case about some retardation, or such stubborn silence - a specific feature? And most importantly - how to teach the kid who has reached two-three years of age, to talk about?
The reasons why the child is 2 years does not say much.
The defeat of the hearing. When the crumb is not good to hear, then, respectively, he and others will perceive it bad. In more severe cases (including deafness), the kid can not speak at all or distort the sounds and words in general. Heredity. If you, for example, themselves uttered the first intelligible word late, that the child does not speak, there is nothing strange in 2 years. Although, if the baby and to three years mastered the simple sentences, is to worry and to examine child. Weakening of the body.
Prematurity or serious illness, for example, may cause a delay in ripening (development) of the nervous system, and hence the speech itself. Hypoxia. Trauma (at t. H. and generic). Severe intoxication. Fright. Surgeries. Improper training (eg, excessive custody when the child's wishes just to anticipate). Developmental disorders in general. Between the parents there are rumors that the girls allegedly begin to walk and talk earlier than boys. In fact, this theory does not have reasonable assurance. It happens that the child does not want to speak two or even three years, and then he suddenly "breaks" on the whole, correctly drawn up proposal. If the baby is well aware that he is told parents and the surrounding and thus even performs some simple instructions ( "come", "take", "should", "sit", etc.), then worry not likely to than.
Speech therapist conducting testing, determine the appropriate levels of speech and mental development. To confirm or refute it may send the baby for a visit to the neuropsychiatrist.
