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2.7 year old son horrible temper and speech delay
My Son in 2.7 years old. He has no speech just papa or mama rarely. He babbles a lot but nothing much meaningful.
We are taking him to speech therapist for five days in week for half an hour session. His eye contact and response has improved. Therapist says he is hyperactive and ahows few traits of autism but he is not autistic.
My Son now pays attention to what I say. Responds to his name quite often say 6 out of 10 times. Dont mix up with kids ignores them. loves to see nursery rhymes, songs and immitates few actions.
He never showed his tongue out i tried very hard. He likes to get cuddled only by me and by my hubby, He loves us, kiss us. Used to be very active physically as soon as he started walking. now with bead activites, puzzles and stacking blocks he loves to sit and completes his activities. He is quite good in all his activities and with toys.
He can open lids of any jar. not potty trained.
He makes us understand his need by taking his hand say glass of water or anything he wants to eat.Knows our gestures well.
dont tell any body parts or anything. repeats vowel sounds like aa, ee, oo most of times behind us and behind therapist. he keeps on talking most of times but nothing correct word. I talk alot wid him...keep on repeating papa, mama,hello, nose.he does it once and then wont pay attention much in speech.
we dont have much social circle. he stays with me whole day and his dad comes in evening.we sent him to playschool where his teacher said he has not misbehaved and most of times did activities on his wish.
his hearing has been checked and its fine.
he looks at myphoto and matches with any other photo or with me but never says mama to it.even if i ask where's mama or papa in pic he wont pay attention.
But h eis very aggresive. He has very bad and violent behaviour. He gets aggresive even say if his choclate bar gets broken into two pieces by mistake by us.he will drag my hair slaps his father. No amount of threating him verbally or leaving him alone works. It makes him more violent and aggresive. SO we never try these things (just tried 1-2 times). sometimes gets at night screaming and crying at very high volume and nothing soothes his aggresion. after 30 mins of aggression he gets quite. he will throw glass of water on bed on his clothes.
he knows his safety well.Got easily adjusted in school, in his school cab, with his teachers, maid and therapist. he is not scared of strangers...
He started walking at 1, no birth complications.
Can anyone suggest how to handle his temper. Its quite depressing and hard at times.Please suggest me what i can do from my part.
Any ideas for speech imprvement. I felt happy with his eye contact improvement and attention span improvement with therapy but his speech delay and temper makes things very very hard for us.
We are taking him to speech therapist for five days in week for half an hour session. His eye contact and response has improved. Therapist says he is hyperactive and ahows few traits of autism but he is not autistic.
My Son now pays attention to what I say. Responds to his name quite often say 6 out of 10 times. Dont mix up with kids ignores them. loves to see nursery rhymes, songs and immitates few actions.
He never showed his tongue out i tried very hard. He likes to get cuddled only by me and by my hubby, He loves us, kiss us. Used to be very active physically as soon as he started walking. now with bead activites, puzzles and stacking blocks he loves to sit and completes his activities. He is quite good in all his activities and with toys.
He can open lids of any jar. not potty trained.
He makes us understand his need by taking his hand say glass of water or anything he wants to eat.Knows our gestures well.
dont tell any body parts or anything. repeats vowel sounds like aa, ee, oo most of times behind us and behind therapist. he keeps on talking most of times but nothing correct word. I talk alot wid him...keep on repeating papa, mama,hello, nose.he does it once and then wont pay attention much in speech.
we dont have much social circle. he stays with me whole day and his dad comes in evening.we sent him to playschool where his teacher said he has not misbehaved and most of times did activities on his wish.
his hearing has been checked and its fine.
he looks at myphoto and matches with any other photo or with me but never says mama to it.even if i ask where's mama or papa in pic he wont pay attention.
But h eis very aggresive. He has very bad and violent behaviour. He gets aggresive even say if his choclate bar gets broken into two pieces by mistake by us.he will drag my hair slaps his father. No amount of threating him verbally or leaving him alone works. It makes him more violent and aggresive. SO we never try these things (just tried 1-2 times). sometimes gets at night screaming and crying at very high volume and nothing soothes his aggresion. after 30 mins of aggression he gets quite. he will throw glass of water on bed on his clothes.
he knows his safety well.Got easily adjusted in school, in his school cab, with his teachers, maid and therapist. he is not scared of strangers...
He started walking at 1, no birth complications.
Can anyone suggest how to handle his temper. Its quite depressing and hard at times.Please suggest me what i can do from my part.
Any ideas for speech imprvement. I felt happy with his eye contact improvement and attention span improvement with therapy but his speech delay and temper makes things very very hard for us.
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I suspect you were directing your question to the original poster but thought I'd tell you how my own son is doing. After much work once diagnosed, he is now 11.5 and doing really well. My son is a straight A student who works very hard to achieve this, he plays competitive sports on both teams (baseball and basketball) as well as he is a year round competitive swimmer. He has a small group of good friends. He still has sensory symptoms but self manages now that he is older. He has 'go to' activities that help his body/brain feel 'just right'. SIX years of occupational therapy though supplemented by doing much sensory work every day at home certainly got him on the right track. good luck
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I would like to know the progress of your son now as i am facing same with my 2.7 yr old daughter.also would like to know the activities suggested by occupational therapist and speech therapist
Thanks
I would like to know the progress of your son now as i am facing same with my 2.7 yr old daughter.also would like to know the activities suggested by occupational therapist and speech therapist
Thanks
thanks a ton for your very valuable information...
It really means a lot for us in this stressed time.
My son can hold pen n crayons very well and use it from the age of 2.
actually we consulted an occupational therapist and addressed his sensory problem. But my son didnt adjusted well there and used to cry and dont allow him do the required treatment. Therapist said is ADHD. But i was not convinced coz he used to pay attention to things he is intersted in.So we changed to speech therapist.
He used to run non stop , do spins, banged his head before we started his school, but with activities that made him sit totally eradicated these things.
He rarely spins now.We also feel that his temper tantrums are due to speech delay. I will also try similar activities that occupational therapist does till we find a good one.
the 2nd one regulated one that you told is similar what we experience .few Tactile traits he also has like he hates to wear socks or shoes even in winters no matter what amount of effort we do to convince him . This also makes him hyper. But when we go out he normally wears shoes after little resistance and just forgets about them. Yeah we tries to distract him by music and tv.
He normally speaks anything that sounds like mumbled jumbled words. I will google more about sensory disorder. If you can guide more on regulated SIDidsorder it will be very helpful.
It really means a lot for us in this stressed time.
My son can hold pen n crayons very well and use it from the age of 2.
actually we consulted an occupational therapist and addressed his sensory problem. But my son didnt adjusted well there and used to cry and dont allow him do the required treatment. Therapist said is ADHD. But i was not convinced coz he used to pay attention to things he is intersted in.So we changed to speech therapist.
He used to run non stop , do spins, banged his head before we started his school, but with activities that made him sit totally eradicated these things.
He rarely spins now.We also feel that his temper tantrums are due to speech delay. I will also try similar activities that occupational therapist does till we find a good one.
the 2nd one regulated one that you told is similar what we experience .few Tactile traits he also has like he hates to wear socks or shoes even in winters no matter what amount of effort we do to convince him . This also makes him hyper. But when we go out he normally wears shoes after little resistance and just forgets about them. Yeah we tries to distract him by music and tv.
He normally speaks anything that sounds like mumbled jumbled words. I will google more about sensory disorder. If you can guide more on regulated SIDidsorder it will be very helpful.
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Your little guy is very young and having a substantial speech delay can be quite difficult for a child to deal with. You will often see tantrums more frequently when a delay of this sort is involved.
My son has sensory integration disorder which involves the nervous system. Speech can often be involved because of part of the sensory system called "motor planning". This is how the brain processes and organizes information coming in and going out as well as coordinating motor actions. Speaking is involved because first the brain has to process something someone says. Organize it. Then process what to say in return. Then send the message to the oral motor muscles and articulate the words. When motor planning is involved, other things tend to be affected too such as fine motor skills--------- holding crayons correctly, using scissors. Your guy is little so you are probably just getting into that-------- but watch for difficulty with this. Another part of the sensory system is called regulated/modulation. This is the ability to self soothe, stay calm in general and not be so volatile, etc. Trouble in this area would show itself in a child becoming quite upset over something that often doesn't make sense or another child would blow off and then not being able to calm themselves for a bit. It is quite disconcerting to parents to see this. There are other areas of sensory such as tactile issues (often seen if a child doesn't like tags in clothing, likes to get his hands wet ALL the time or never, has eating issues and spits out food). Auditory issues------- busy,loud places bother them and they will often melt in that situation or directly after, may place their hands over their ears. Vestibular and Procieptive areas involve movement-------- my son had issues with personal space, likes to crash, bang and spin, his voice volume can get really loud and he is quite unaware of it. Some kids can be the opposite and be floppy.
Anyway, that is just a quick snap shot of sensory issues. What you do for sensory is see an occupational therapist. We've done this with great success. They work directly on the nervous system to keep it regulated as well as behavioral things. It has been quite valuable to get strategies to help us with issues that crop up.
What I'd do for your boy is start to not triggers for his aggressive times. Eliminate them if possible. It doesn't surprise me that it occurs before bed as often issues are worse for a child when they are tired. When he starts to escalate, have a plan. Distraction of some sort can be helpful------- the old redirect method. If that doesn't work, offer him some calming things to do such as chewing a piece of gum, blowing bubbles, give him a pillow and tell him to hit the pillow (better than you and perhaps the pounding is helping him soothe himself), count to ten, open and squeeze his fists, have a designated "cool down" spot that he can go to and an enclosed structure like a pop up tent is good (we use a pillow pile behind a chair in the corner), etc. Not being able to use his words is a biggie here. As his speech improves, you may see less of the tantrums.
I'd google sensory integration disorder and see what you think. He is young and it is a little harder to match up symptoms when little---------- my son was diagnosed officially at 4 but we knew at 3. They do "heavy work" for it as well which you might want to google. Don't let the name fool you--------- it is all physical play such as jumping, running, swinging, pushing a laundry basket loaded with items to give it weight across the floor, etc. Even if your son does not have sensory integration disorder, these activities are good for kids and making them calm.
Anyway, all the best. It is very hard to parent a child through their issues--------- but it can be done! My boy is now 7 and doing really well. Hang in there and give yourself some breaks to recharge your own batteries. good luck