[KR258]

How soon is too soon to find out if your little one is dislexic? I am...so I'm not sure if that gives her better chances or not but the reasons I think she might be is.....
Picture is Sip-per
Coffee is Fa-key (sometimes sounds like she's swearing)
Pancake is cake-cake
Truck is a swear word
Froggie is groffie

[Samual]

I look at things like this by saying, take a sentance from a language you have never spoken in your life and see how long it takes for you to pronounce the words perfectly, it can take a very long time for a toddler to train their mouths to form words properly, thats why a lot of little ones keep their pet words as they know that mum and dad understand those.

[Magic_Mikki]

LoL!! This is too funny! In my opinion, that's just toddler talk. I am always laughing at Alex's pronunciations! She says "coffee" as "hoppy"! It's too cute!

Samual's example of trying to say something in another language is a great analogy. I also say the words out loud myself a few times and really ennunciate the syllabals and then I realize why Alex has a hard time with some of them. Try that with the word "Froggy" (I know I sound stupid...!!) Frrr oooo gggg yy. F r o gg y. That's a lot of syllabals and consanants in one word! That can be challengeing for a youngster. I know it sounds stupid to do it like that, but it has really helped me to understand why Alex doesn't say things correctly. Hope that helps!

[Magic_Mikki]

Also, I was going to say that to a little kid, a lot of the letters sound sooo much alike... Like an "C"/"K" and an "H"... The "C" in coffee does actually sound a lot like an "H" if you say them out loud!

[mollymae]

Dyslexia is a condition caused by the way the brain interupts messages from the eyes. I doesn't effect speech at all. Did you mean verbal dyspraxia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbal_dyspraxia?

It sound like perfectly normal toddler speak to me. Libby can't say Josh she calls him Door and Luke - Duke, Jack - Dack and Molly - Mo Mo I get called money lol

Molly had trouble with Dr sounds and used to say Frink for Drink till she was about 3 and a half.

[KR258]

I didn't realize that they're two different things because I do both...and there are many more words she says all messed up but it's hard for me to think lately lol There is just too much noise going on here. It's not really something I'm worried about but wonder if I should be working harder to get her to say them correctly.

[purelegance]

i think it's just normal toddler speak. i really really wouldn't even begin to start worrying for a few years, but i'm very laid back.

[Michelespreemies]

I agree with Jo. You may also want to look into Developmental Apraxia of Speech.

DAS is a speech disorder that interferes with a child's ability to correctly pronounce sounds, syllables and words. It is the loss of ability to consistently position the articulators (face, tongue, lips, jaw) for the production of speech sounds and for sequencing those sounds into syllables or words. Generally, there is nothing wrong with the muscles themselves. The child does not have difficulty with non-speech activities performed with the muscles such as coughing, chewing or swallowing. However, the area of the brain that tells the muscles how to move and what to do to make a particular sound or series of sounds is damaged or not fully developed. This makes retrieving the "motor plan" for saying a word difficult.

As a result, even though the child knows what he wants to say, he cannot say it correctly at that particular time. Sometimes he cannot even begin. Either the wrong sound comes out, or many sounds are left out all together. At that particular time, the motor plan is not accessible. These errors are not under the child's voluntary control so he often cannot correct them, even when trying his hardest. Frequently, a child will be able to produce a sound or word at one time and not be able to say is again when he wants to. A parent may hear words when the child is playing alone or when he is angry, but when asked to say the same word, he can't. This can be very frustrating for both the child and the parents.


Just adding.. My daughter was dx'd with Language impairment at age 3, Auditory/Visual Processing Disorder at age 3, and Dyslexia at age 5.

[DivasMomma]

Jae still calls french fries "drench dries" she does it on purpose now....and same thing for sweatshirt, its "sweatshwert" we laugh everytime so she keeps doing it

[browneyes01]

they don't start testing for thesse things until I child reaches school age, And if her learning proves difficult for you and her teachers then they will test I think thge age is like 5 or 6 and even then it might still be to early to tell.