2 year old speech

[christym327]

My 25 month old son talks like there is no tomorrow.  But it concerns me (and others)that his speech is not very clear or just plain wrong.  An example would be that he calls a pickle, banana and flower all the same thing "nanna".  Another example would be that he calls both me and his father "dada".  He knows that I am mommy but he consistently calls me dada.  He says many things that his dad and I understand even though it is not said clearly.  Definate word associations are all wrong.  He is smart as a whip in every other way.  He knows what things are he just does not call them the right thing.

[therealbill]

You found a real problem. This may indeed be a encode and decoding issue. Basically the brain, much like my son, for some reason associates objects and things in the wrong place.  Example: dog should go in the animal box but ends up in the food box?  Something like that. A speech pathologist should be consulted. This problem can be overcome. But may be leading to something else. I'd also make sure you child hears correctly. Children with hearing problems get words wrong because they may hear the first few letter (phonics) but not the last few.  I wouldn't be to concerned at this moment because this can also be developmental and your child overcome it. But its worthy of examination by your PED and move on to a speech pathologist so if you have a problem you can start working on it and overcome it as you child moves into the school years.

GOOD LUCK !  
BILL