Q&A: My 2 Year Old Has Muffled Speech

CME WebsitesChild Development, Toddlers 12 - 36 Months

I have a 2.5 year old son who has a great vocabulary, appears to be meeting all the appropriate milestones, but has muffled speech. I understand 95% of what he says. I think a stranger may understand 75% of what he says. He had chronic ear infections as an infant and had tubes put in at 9 months. We just …

Q&A: Why is Our Daughter Starting to Use “Baby Talk”?

CME WebsitesChild Development, Toddlers 12 - 36 Months

Our daughter recently turned 3 and started a playgroup, 3 mornings a week. Her speech was always really good relative to our friends kids; she was using long sentences soon after her 2nd birthday. However, in the past 2 weeks, since she started playgroup, she has started using “baby talk”, pronouncing words incorrectly when she clearly knows how to say …

Q&A: 27 Month Old Does Not Talk

CME WebsitesChild Development, Toddlers 12 - 36 Months

My son is 27 months old and he doesn’t talk. He will only say grandma and grandpa but it comes out as ama and apa. I’m worried about this and not sure if its because we are a bilingual family. I speak to him in English as well as his aunt and uncles and his dad speaks to him in …