Mispronouncing sounds? What's normal for kids? - Speech Norms explained by a Speech Therapist 

Love this channel. Helps moms to be more involve as well as teach there child the basic foundations of speech, interaction and awareness

Our adopted daughter is 22 months whom we have had since 5 days old. She had a very rough start and did not see or hear until she was 8 months old. Since that time she has caught up and seemingly was on target until her last pediatrician check up. We noted that she says very few clear words. Mama and Papa are mixed she recognizes us both as "bapa". She makes gestures and grunts and often cries for an item. She does however respond and recognize items if you ask her to get the ball or book etc.. The only truly clear word she says is Apple! She does have an older half sister who just turned three who is an absolute chatterbox. Any thoughts on what we should be doing to help support her or do you think we should seek help right away?

Hi Adrienne. So my 3.7 year old nephew today said come back and also said eduardo. He was repeating after my other brother (not his dad). He also wanted to go to the park. I told him, "Hold my hand and let's go ask Eduardo's parents". He actually held my hand and followed directions. I was so impressed. He heard Eduardo cry and even though he did not say, "Let me go help". He said help and ran over to see how he could help. He also tells me, "I caught you" because he learn that from me, playing tag. Last time his dad allowed him to tear off a leaf from the tree (even though I kept saying no, since his mom doesn't allow that, and I believe in consistency, but they didn't listen), and he said, "I caught it". I was impressed that he could tell the difference between you and it. I'm dying for the day were he can just talk so much that I can jokingly say, "Wow! You talk a lot!", but actually been happy about it. Do you think he is on his way to talking fluently pretty soon, like a month, maybe?

Thank you so much for this video! So helpful. My husband and I have been wondering if our 3 year old is on track...but after watching this, I'm confident he is doing great and we were needlessly worrying.

Thank You! Currently, my Granddaughter is on break from The Early On Program. I share your information with her visiting nurse. My Granddaughter had a mild/moderate speech delay.

Thank you for sharing this. I was wondering if my 21 month should be saying certain letters and this video can at the best time! Thank you for your support.

Wow thank you for this! My 3 year old has great vocabulary and talks a lot which is apparently 100% understandable per her pediatrician but I was worried he had a lisp but I think he’s just not there yet for certain sounds.

I absolutely ADORE you and your videos! At my sons 18 mo appointment his pediatrician said he was slightly behind in his speech bc he should be saying 20-50 words but he was only saying about 10. However, he now (20 mo) he is saying more two words sentences and I’m noticing the chart you provided he meets the age requirement for speech sound and engages a lot. How is he behind then if he is meeting the requirement on the chart? I just want to be sure he isn’t falling behind. Thank you. Again I love your videos!

Hello Adrienne.. Should autistic child (3 years old) teach native language first? Or native language and English at the same time?

Thanks a bunch! Really informative

🇨🇦 keep up the good work! I love watching your videos 😊

Hi Adrienne. My daughter 4 year old speak few words and nursery rhyme but but not doing conversation. I am worried why she is not doing conversation.what I do with her so she start doing conversation.

Great video, thanks Adrienne - this explains so much as to why my daughter doesn't pronounce certain letters/sounds. Could you please confirm where to find the link to the second chart you showed, as I couldn't see the link under the comments section. Thanks so much!

Interesting thanks! My 3year old will say living loom and loose instead of use. I’ll have to check your list. Thx.

Hi! This chart is only for children who speak english? My mother tongue is Spanish so my two years old son speaks spanish and english.

Hi! My 8 year old has trouble with the letter R and his name is River. It sounds like W. Not sure how to work on this?

Thank you for the guidance you provide- it's been helping me speak to my daughter for 3 years and she has clearly benefited! This episode came at just the right time once again: because she has articulated so well with a large vocabulary for so long, at almost 3.5 years old, I started to wonder if she should be saying sp and st words regularly. She can do it if we ask her to focus on it (usually after we figure out what she just said - we repeat it back and ask if she'd like to try sppppoon - and she can, but it's not her natural inclination to do so yet). So I'm grateful to have learned that this is completely appropriate and also see just how on-track she is overall. Thank you!

Every time when I see your video i edmire you so much. You are so calm and love person. And speak with passion for you job. I wish you happiness and joy 💕

My son has ASD so anything I can practice with him helps immensely. Thank You for your time and effort in making this video. Is there a Phonological Processes link or is that in an upcoming video only? Thank You again.🙏😊💗

Hi Adrienne! I've been watching your youtube videos for about a year now and just love them. My son just turned 3 and still has trouble pronouncing a lot of words. Will your online class be suited in helping him with speak more clearly? Thank you for all you do.

Hello. I want to see if i understand you correctly. My son is two years old. For example, if he says "abbi" instead of "rabbit" is it ok for his age?

Thanks you for this.

My grandson is nearly three. His vocabulary is huge, and he has a wide range of sounds, but often displaced them. For example dog, dig, and door have clear “d” sound but he pronounces diaper as “biper.” Is there any concern over mispronouncing words where the child is capable of correct sounds in other words?

Do these norms depend on the language? For instance spanish uses a strong “r” sound quite often, and I wonder whether this frequent use of the sound helps mastering it earlier.

hi love your channel hope more videos to come. i have a 2yr old son and 6 yrs old too. from Philippines

Thank you Adrienne. Curious about sounds in other languages besides English, to see if you have similar resources. My son is 5 1/2 and rolling his r’s in words like carro in Spanish is something he is still working on. I remember as a native speaker practicing with my older siblings by saying tongue twisters. How about french and the guttural sounds like garçon? Thank you in advance! Love and still practice lots of your sign language particularly in the playground or at the dinner table when I want to re-direct my kid on the sly without calling him out or embarrassing by reminding him to thank someone or walk slowly etc...

Hi Adrienne, Thank you so much for your inspiring and informative videos. I really enjoy watching them. My daughter just turned two & we are raising her bilingual. When she was 18 months I thought she may be a little behind, but now that she is two, she's talking quite a lot. Two words which I can remember which she hasn't got the proper pronunciation for is "spoon" she calls it a "poon". I guess the 's' will come a bit later. The other word is "penguin" which is quite a big word for a two year old. She calls it a "pen" which is half way there. 😉 Her first three word sentence is "kick the ball". I was quite surprised to hear her say it because I've got so used to one & two word utterings 😄 Thanks again for your inspiring videos. 💐 Margaret Koegelenberg Pretoria, South Africa

This is fun stuff! I am a linguist, but I took a couple graduate SLP classes as part of my coursework, and I love phonetics and phonology, so this is like chocolates and cookies for me, haha. Fun stuff! Thanks for sharing!

My 2 years old son pronounces”b” in ball but he cant pronounce it in bye he uses M instead of B . Is it okay or not?

My son has issues pronouncing t and th. Any tips? Is it the same for second language too?

I have a 3.5 year old who talks really well. More like a 5 or 6 year old vocabulary and speech sounds but she has started making up words. She often doesn't want to say things right even though she's perfectly capable. Is there a reason why she would do this. I'm not really worried or anything because I know she's capable but I was wondering if there's a reason for it.

Thanks so much for this and all your great videos! I've noticed what might be a pattern in my 27mo daughter's speech. We have two cats, Rascal and Dee Dee. Our daughter calls them both "Dee Dee." When I ask if she can repeat "Raascal" or "Waaascal", she refuses and instead says "Dee Dee." Recently I noticed a similar tendency when it comes to her play-date buddy, Tammy. My daughter calls Tammy "Lou Lou", which is actually Tammy's nanny's name. We'll look at pictures of Tammy and she'll say "Lou Lou" and if I ask her to try saying Tammy, she says "no!" If I ask her to just make the "aaa" sound, she's totally willing, and she does say words that begin with the "aa" sound (though the only example I can think of is "apple"). I'm very curious how much I should encourage her to try saying these correct names. This is probably not relevant, but I'll mention that she's growing up in a bilingual English/Russian-speaking home.

My 2 year old doesn't address me as mom and my husband as dad. Is there any way I can help him learn to address us?

Perfect timing! My 21mo son always picks up the letter "W" and says "A" hahaha, he knows it isn't "A" since he already knows that letter. But then he can pronounce the "W" sound ("wuh"). I think saying "double u" is just a lot for him right now. He'll get there with practice!

My son is 2 and a half. He actually speaks very well for his age, the only sounds I've really noticed him mispronouncing are the 'L' and 'th' sounds, which according to your chart is normal, but my question that lead me to look for this video is, will reading books with lots of those sounds in them help him learn them faster?

Hi! I'm having a problem. I have 2 nephews from 2 different couples. The 1.5 yr old hits the 3.5 yr old all day. I always tell him, "No, don't hit him. Your cousin loves you a lot". Yesterday his mom was there and she had the audacity to say, "He doesn't know that he is hitting". Yeah right. To make matters worse, God forbid my 3.5 yr old even raises his hand at him or even raises his voice a little, because all hell breaks lose with the adults against him. Any solutions? I love them both, but I think my 3.5 year old deserves the same kind of respect they ask for the 1.5 yr old. Any solutions?

My child will be 3 in September, he is seeing a speech pathologist next week. He likes B's and usually will use it in front of most words. Any new words, he will only say the last syllable. I'm hoping his sessions will help him. He also doesnt put words together, so I'm working on that.

Thank you Adrienne

I really love your videos

Thank you so much..

I have 27 month olds twins . Both pronounce Finish as Finit. Also the Boy name is Cooper but not saying the "C" but "P" so Pooper ! Thank you for the great lessons

Good to know

I feel horrible and guilty that my 30 month old mispronounces almost everything! If I break down in syllables he will repeat a lot of it correctly but when we put it all together he goes back to his initial word.

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