My boy turned 2 in August , he mumbles a lot of words and understands when giving directions but just won’t talk. Me and wife speak Spanish and English in the home and wonder if this has part to do why he doesn’t talk year cause we use both languages
Hi Alex, That is a great question, and one lots of parents ask. I recently wrote a blog post that summarizes the research related to bilingual language development. In short, learning more than one language does not cause speech or language delay. I will link the full article here so you can read through: toddlertalk.com/blog/bilingual-language-development I am also going to link my post on speech intelligibility - or how easy it is to understand what kids say. toddlertalk.com/blog/speech-intelligibility If you feel like it's harder than you might expect to understand your son, a speech and language evaluation could be a supportive next step. There are many speech therapists who work in both Spanish and English to support bilingual language learners :)
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My boy turned 2 in August , he mumbles a lot of words and understands when giving directions but just won’t talk. Me and wife speak Spanish and English in the home and wonder if this has part to do why he doesn’t talk year cause we use both languages
Hi Alex, That is a great question, and one lots of parents ask. I recently wrote a blog post that summarizes the research related to bilingual language development. In short, learning more than one language does not cause speech or language delay. I will link the full article here so you can read through: toddlertalk.com/blog/bilingual-language-development
I am also going to link my post on speech intelligibility - or how easy it is to understand what kids say. toddlertalk.com/blog/speech-intelligibility
If you feel like it's harder than you might expect to understand your son, a speech and language evaluation could be a supportive next step. There are many speech therapists who work in both Spanish and English to support bilingual language learners :)