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April 1st, 2009 · by map · 8 Comments

Ava’s pretty adept at most things. She enjoys talking, especially. I love it when she goes off on a tangent and gets all excited about explaining or describing some thing or another. The other day, I was listening to her talk when she came across the word “regular.” But it sounded, from her mouth, like reg-yer-ar. I said, “reg-yoo-ler.” She repeated reg-yer-ar. We went a couple more times before I dropped it, but my heart when out to this sweet little girl as she struggled to make her mouth produce the sounds she heard. I know Grandma Georgie is worried Ava has a speech problem, but I’m more concerned (and not too, at that) that these temporary verbal stumbling blocks will damage her confidence and make her less inclined to talk when she has something to say.

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  • georgie

    So how did you come to the conclusion that I’m concerned about her speech? Of course, I have a pretty good idea about how you did. :)

    Georgie

  • georgie

    So how did you come to the conclusion that I’m concerned about her speech? Of course, I have a pretty good idea about how you did. :)

    Georgie

  • http://paida.wordpress.com/ Lauren/ Paida

    My mom had the same conversation when Aida was young! I hardly noticed Aida’s speech back then, but now when I watch old movies of her I can’t believe how obvious it is. She went to speech therapy for 3 years at school because she couldn’t say “r”s or “g”s which are quite hard to correct. Sounds like Ava may have a similar problem – can she say “green”? Our speech therapist said that because it is a bit tricky to fix it was better for us not to try unless it was the exercises that she sent home.

    Once she starts kindergarten I am sure she will be screened – I don’t think other kids start noticing speech problems until 4th or 5th – Aida never got teased.

    She was actually bummed when she “graduated” because she thought it was so fun. Got her out of the daily routine a bit.

  • http://paida.wordpress.com/ Lauren/ Paida

    My mom had the same conversation when Aida was young! I hardly noticed Aida’s speech back then, but now when I watch old movies of her I can’t believe how obvious it is. She went to speech therapy for 3 years at school because she couldn’t say “r”s or “g”s which are quite hard to correct. Sounds like Ava may have a similar problem – can she say “green”? Our speech therapist said that because it is a bit tricky to fix it was better for us not to try unless it was the exercises that she sent home.

    Once she starts kindergarten I am sure she will be screened – I don’t think other kids start noticing speech problems until 4th or 5th – Aida never got teased.

    She was actually bummed when she “graduated” because she thought it was so fun. Got her out of the daily routine a bit.

  • Leah

    She doesn’t have a speech problem, I don’t think. Her biggest issue is with “th” sounds, and we talked to a friend whose sister is a speech therapist, and she said the “th” sound is the hardest–and the last sound for kids Ava’s age to master. I’m not worried at all.

    • http://nicheplayer.net map

      I tricked Ava into saying “green” the other day, and it came out fine….

  • Leah

    She doesn’t have a speech problem, I don’t think. Her biggest issue is with “th” sounds, and we talked to a friend whose sister is a speech therapist, and she said the “th” sound is the hardest–and the last sound for kids Ava’s age to master. I’m not worried at all.

    • http://nicheplayer.net map

      I tricked Ava into saying “green” the other day, and it came out fine….