Causes of slow speech and a simple and effective remedy

From the 18th month onwards, babies begin to practice speaking and "babbling" first sounds. However, there are still babies who are slow to speak, making many mothers impatient. Don't worry, let's find out the cause of your child's speech delay and how to fix it through the following article.

Causes children to speak slowly

Typically, milestones in a child's speech learning process include the stages:

- From 6 months, your baby will practice speaking simple words that are easy to remember;

- When the baby is 12 months old, he or she will gradually pronounce better and understand the meaning of the words he has pronounced;

- From 18 months, babies know how to name people, objects and animals and imitate words they hear often but speak incorrectly;

- Over 2 years old, babies can speak sentences with 2 to 4 words;

- From 3 years old, children have outstanding language acquisition, vocabulary increases and speak clearly and clearly.

 

Children with slow speech make many parents worried

In reality, however, not all babies perfect their language skills according to these milestones. Many babies, even though they are of age to learn to speak, still show no signs of babbling, do not interact with the noise or smile of others, do not imitate other people's language or follow their parents' instructions. These are also signs that the child is slow to speak .

What is the cause of slow speech?

- Physical factors: The speech organs including ears, nose, throat are disabled or the brain is underdeveloped, causing children to think slowly, their ability to receive and process sounds poorly, so they do not have a reaction to language.

- Spiritual factors: Because the baby is shocked or afraid of something, traumatic, ... makes the baby unable to speak. In terms of this reason, parents can follow up because parents are caregivers, being with the children the most, so they will know what their child's mental problems are.

 

The whole child with speech delay may be psychological or related to a certain medical condition

At the latest, if at the age of 2, the child does not know how to speak single words, does not turn around when someone calls his name, and at 3 years old cannot speak simple sentences, parents need to find out the reason why the child is slow to speak as well as find out. how to fix it now.

Because, 0-6 years old is the period when your baby's brain develops the most, it is also the time for children to learn and explore the world around them and accumulate knowledge and vocabulary for themselves. Delayed speech will seriously affect this process, becoming a "barrier" for children to develop comprehensively.

The method of teaching slow speech children

"Eight" more stories with children

If you think that at this stage, your vocabulary is still small, you will not be able to understand what you say, so if you don't talk to you, you might be wrong. At the age of 0-6 years old, although my child may not fully understand what you say, he begins to learn, imitates what everyone around says and gradually forms his own vocabulary system.

So, instead of letting your child play with the phone on his own , mothers need to “talk through” more with children, talk about everything through simple everyday situations: introduce toys, introduce mothers are doing laundry, cooking ...

Read books to your children

The book is a huge vocabulary and knowledge base that any wise mother always prioritizes as a tool in teaching her children. For children who speak slowly, books become even more important. Mom should take time every day to read books to children, of course, books must be suitable for the baby's age so that the baby feels closer and easier to understand.

 

Parents should read and talk to their children more

While reading to your baby, you can combine some exercises to teach your baby to develop language skills. Mom pointed to a character in the book and introduced the words "grandparents", "bicycle", "flower" ... and instructed me to pronounce again. As you gradually develop vocabulary and say longer sentences, I encourage you to retell the content of the stories you have read.

Put your baby in contact with many people

When you meet many people, you will feel more confident and confident and want to talk and communicate with people more. The mother can take the baby out for a walk, instruct him to "greet him", "hello" ... to form his reaction to language.

If the mother keeps forcing the baby to stay at home while I am too busy to talk to her, the child does not have enough conditions to contact the language, over time it will make them forget to speak, lazy to speak ...

Each child has a different process of “learning to eat, learn to speak”. The most important thing is that parents keep a close watch on their child's developmental milestones, understand the causes of their slow speech, and have a suitable way of teaching their children to develop and improve their language skills together.

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