21/2yr.old grandson babbles, no real words

[nanasgift]

My 2yr.8month old grandson uses babbling for talking.He says ( abbado) for everything . He yells it out when he gets excited.The pediatric doc. sent him to speach therapy, but mom and dad refuse
to admit he needs
help.When we talk to him he will literally run
away.I don't know if he comprehends what we say.He will barely follow directions, like "give this to katelynn" (Lil sis) He.whinesConstantly,  instead of. asking for a drink etc.How do we. get through to my son and DNLaw.

[skepticalpeach]

I'd say myob. Some people think that 2 1/2 is a little young to start worrying about speech issues. You just have to trust that mom and dad know best and will act when they feel like they need to.

My DD has verbal apraxia and we waited to get her therapy until she was 4. I know many people thought it was completely ridiculous that we waited so long, but we didn't want to jump the gun. (Part of the reason we waited was because no one would help us after she turned 3, the town we lived in had very limited resources.) I'm kind of glad we waited because once we started therapy she just breezed through it and learned stuff super quickly. I think it would have been too stressful for her to go to speech therapy earlier.

No matter what you have to respect the parents' right to choose how to address issues with their child's development. Getting mad and and trying to force the issue only makes the parents feel like they are being attacked and insulted, even if it is Grandma doing the talking.

[margypops]

That is a good point Marebear makes... have his ears checked ..

[Marebear74]

Have you had his ears looked at. My little cousin was not advancing in speech, well not speaking at all, just babbling and it turned out he had to have tubes put in his ears. Turned out he couldn't hear well and was not able to repeat sounds and that is how the learn to speak alot by repeating what they hear! I'm not saying that that's what's going on but, maybe that my help you! Keep us updated!

[margypops]

I don know about any legal right but I would say that yes its a good thing if you can speak to his mom about your concerns. Is another language spoken at home ?

[nanasgift]

What happened!

[nanasgift]

My son has the attitude, ho breaking my heart do I stop in for mind my own businessw dare you insinuate there is something wrong with my child! and I believe mom doesn't tell the doctor the whole truth about how far along he really is at home. This is really hard for me, do I have the right to step in or mind my own business?

[AnnieBrooke]

Maybe you could try either printing some material from the Internet on normal speech development of children at given ages, or get a book at the library on toddler development and see if milestones are given, and show them.  Do you think he doesn't hear, or is it simply that he is not seeming to comprehend language?  If you think it might be his hearing, also see what you can find of symptoms of hearing issues in small children.  Good luck, the parents are probably worried, but may be overwhelmed.  Or one thinks there is a problem and the other does not, and they are fighting about it.  All you can do is provide dispassionate information (i.e., from books or online) rather than trying to add your opinion into the mix.