Hello Everyone

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Hi, my name is Kendra and I am the mother of a beautiful, smart, girly-girl

princess named Sophia. Sophia is 22 months old. Sophia never really babbled

much as an infant and as of now only says " Dada " " Mama " " Mum-mum " " Na-naw(g-ma "

" Neh(Yeah) " " Muuuh(Moo) when she sees a cow " and " who who(choo-choo) when she

sees a train " . She says random babbles and unrecognizable words. For the past

few days she has pretty much been only using the syllable " Na " and making

various sentences out of that i.e. " Na nana naaaaan a nannnaaa " and stuff

like that. She is very loud at times and likes to " Yell " that is what we call

it. She also points to things she wants and says " Aahhh " and puts her hands

out. She is on the spoiled side, has temper tantrums and is easily frustrated.

She is very smart like I said before and knows what things are. You can ask her

to do something and most of the time she does it (she is testy sometimes. When

I get picture books or regular book out to read. I can ask her where something

is i.e. " Sophia....where is the apple? " and she will quickly point to the

apple. She knows almost everything I ask her and sometimes surprises me with

things she knows. I can tell her simple dance instructions and she can do them.

She knows songs and humms along and does motions and does SO MUCH more. I am

very proud of her but the one thing that has been bugging me for a while is her

speech. Everyone tells me not to worry, but as a mother it is hard for me not

to. Others are quick to say she has autism without even knowing my daughter. I

am a stay at home mom and am rarely away from her. Her Dad works 12 hour shifts

4 days a week. So it is usually just her and I every day. She is not around

other children much and we haven't had much consistency in the past few months

when my husband was laid off and we had to move 3 different times in 5 months.

We are now settled, but trying to unpack and get our lives back together. Oh,

and she recently has taken a liking again to her Paci. It is like her security

blanket and after all the stress and stuff we have been through, she has picked

it back up and wants it by her side constantly.

I am wanting more information on Late talking and some support. I would like to

know if others have had similar experiences with their children and more insight

on what may be the matter if anything and what I can do to help her speech.

Thanks for reading and Merry Christmas Everyone. Kendra, Devin and Sophia