Baby Language
WHEN SHOULD A CHILD START TO TALK FLUENTLY?
By the age of two a toddler will normally be putting to two or three words together and understanding a great deal of what is said to him. Other children of this age chatter quite fluently and can express quite complicated ideas.
If your child is saying nothing intelligible ( to you) or doesn’t` t respond to your verbal communications with him by this age, it would be as well to mention this to your doctor or at the child health center.
Some children develop speech very late, how ever, and catch up rapidly, so failure to talk is by no means necessarily assign of anything amiss, But for your peace of mind, if you think your child` s speech is delayed compared with others of his age, you should seek advice. If he has never been talked to-although this is hardly likely in the case of parents reading. Of course he would not learn to talk, and if he shows other disturbing sign-very withdrawn behavior, repetitive moments or action or slowness in other fields of development for instance his delayed in talking must be investigated.
As we,` ve already seen we discussing the needs of babies, the parents who talk and sing to their children at very possible opportunity are helping in the early stages of language development. It` s just as important to keep this up at the toddler` s stage except that now verbal communication will be on both sides, and that much more rewarding.
Try not to become so distract or bored that you dry up conversation by a perfunctory grunt; in the end, your toddler trying so hard to put his thoughts and reactions into words, will give up. Of course he tends to be repetitive once he can say or do something new he will go on and on in a way that would be quite un acceptable in an adult companion, but his new saying or action delights and never bores him. It` s part of his developing mastery over himself and his environment.
Walks and shopping expeditions can provide a lot of sights and experiences that are worth lingering over and talking about, so try not to hurry them if you possibly can. When you look again through your toddler` s eyes you may learn to notice a new things about the familiar scene that you have been missing.
