3 Mistakes That Delay Toddlers Learning To Talk

Often what feels natural to us when trying to teach a toddler to talk doesn't actually help with their language development. In fact, if you're making some of the common mistakes in this video you might even be preventing them from learning to talk as quickly as they might if you made a few small changes.

Teaching a toddler to talk is such a fun process for both the child and for parents. The excitement and joy that both sides experience as your little one learns new words and sounds is amazing. It's a wonderful feeling when you and your little one smile and celebrate each new word together.

In this video you'll learn some helpful techniques that will make the process faster, as well as learning the most common mistakes to avoid.

As always, you shouldn't feel bad if you've been doing any of these things! It's really common and not a big deal. But by understanding why these mistakes can actually slow down the process and knowing what to do instead, hopefully you're able to avoid potential frustration and even delays as your toddler learns to talk.

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00:00 - 01:21 : Mistake Number 1
01:22 - 02:40 : Mistake Number 2
02:41 - 05:15 : Mistake Number 3

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[EmmaHubbard]

Thanks for watching! What tip are you going to try with your toddler to encourage them to talk? Don't forget to get your free 0 - 12 months old developmental milestone chart here:

[tuvoca]

The main message... don't stress them out. Journey with them. Don't impose your stress on them. Repetition and consistency in a stress free environment.

[moyoofwegrwnpodcast]

This makes sense, my 2 year old started talking early simply because she was surrounded by adults who would just speak to her normally and we narrated EVERYTHING!

[sewathome]

I hope no one will stress themself out over this stuff. You can do everything "perfectly" but at the end of the day your child will do things in their own time. I've been doing speech therapy with my son for 12months. He still barely talks. AND one particular question is actually the only thing he gives a verbal response to. So don't worry what anyone says, observe your child and see what works for them.

[martymtsr]

As an Early Intervention Speech Pathologist, I can relate that these tips are exactly what I have used in my parent education! Excellent video, Emma🙂

[kathrinkaefer]

I actually remember being a little kid and being so confused why adults ask so many questions they already know the answer to!

[nurhanozturk]

I can’t thank you enough!! I saw this video 2 days ago because my toddler was giving me a hard time and he didn’t want to talk or even babble! In just 2 days I see big improvements!! Less frustations less tantrums and he began babbling a lot!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[Dana-mbhd]

my toddler is 19 months and i have been making the mistake of asking her too many questions. thank you so much emma for educating me!! As a first time mama your videos are so helpful!💜🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜

[andaredvex]

I've watched a lot of your videos, Emma, while I was pregnant, and the following months after delivery, and they helped me a lot to feel more capable as a parent. These communication practices you mention made a lot of sense to me and they fit well into my own style of communication with my little boy. He's 19 months old as of now and he's already forming 4-5 word sentences, using all kinds of word groups (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc), tenses, with mostly correct Hungarian grammar. My husband and I are amazed at how fast he developed language skills. We can have full blown conversations with him now, and as a parent it's just wonderful to experience for the first time.

Keep on educating parents and caretakers, your channel is one of the best out there! Thank you!

[mamadoctor]

This makes sense! My daughter started talking at 20 months and now at just 27 months she talks in full sentences and she uses every word perfectly, she sings complete songs and tells complete stories! I never asked her questions directly, never talked in her own words or treated her like a small baby. I sit down with her and tell her what is in the room, read books with her and if she has screen time I tell her what is happening in the show and why. I never pushed her to talk if she doesn't want to or pushed her away when she wants to talk. I let her to lead the way!

[MrVovansim]

One thing I would say is if a baby is asking for something and you don't know what they are saying, pick them up, ask them to point at what they want and sort of walk in the direction they are pointing till you figure it out, and then confirm that's what they wanted, and repeat the right word to them a few times. I do this, and it helps avoid tantrums, but I see parents who just sort of give up, go, well, I don't know what you want, and try to distract the baby with something else.

[sknave]

First time new mom she's 5m2w old now and I cannot thank you enough for your videos they've helped me so much. I have no one to go to for advice at least not advice I trust. I found your channel shortly after she was born and it's helped me immensely absolutely love your videos thank you for sharing your knowledge

[hongchautran]

To be honest, I haven't found any channels relating to baby's development providing detailed and exactly helpful information that new parents need such as this one. But the point is I did surprise why the channels gain not many subscribers. While I feel informative and interested in this channel as I can understand english in somehow. For the others who don't speak english as a main language like me or use it regularly. They will miss a chance to know your good channel. Please add more subtitles to help more people. Anyway, appreciate for your sharing.

[clairet]

I’m learning more from your videos than from months of speech therapy... I’ve been feeling like it’s a waste of money but have kept up with it to feel like we’re “doing something”....

[nicolea]

This is also helpful for older children with developmental delays in communication!

[laposa]

Thank you! Your videos are very helpful for me as a stay at home Dad. My son is 9 months old and he is developing so fast it's hard to keep up!

[robbymonaco]

Just have fun with your kid. When they get older they will speak perfectly, don't worry.

[naomischoenmakers]

Thanks for the video. My 2yo twins have such a different way of learning to speak. One of them is quiet, processing and later pronouncing the words really well. His brother repeats everything we say but has difficulty pronouncing. Adding sign language helps him really good though.

[t.m]

Thank you so much! My baby boy is almost one- I will definitely will be doing all these!

Please, please, please write a book! I will be first in line. Xx

[sfiga]

This is so useful! I knew not to try and prompt my daughter to say words but I do ask a lot of questions because I thought it was working for her. Such as “did you go to the park/ what did you do at the park” and she will reply “swings” and so I will say “oh you went on the swings” and she says “yeah” and I might say “and did you go on the round about/play with friends” etc but now I see I may not be giving her enough opportunity to tell me herself.