Normal progression of speech sounds in toddlers and kids

The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom

Dr. Mona Amin

Kids & Family, Parenting, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

We often focus on the number of words a child says, but oftentimes parents have the question: ”Is HOW my child is saying this developmentally appropriate?” On this episode, I welcome Melissa Minney, Speech Language Pathologist and Founder of Raising Little Talkers to discuss: The difference between speech and language Normal progression of speech sounds in the toddler/preschool years Do parents need to correct every word and how do they do it if they do? When a parent should be concerned about certain speech sounds Learn more about the Raising Little Talkers Course at raisinglittletalkers.com or follow Melissa on Instagram and Facebook @raisinglittletalkers For more watch Dr. Mona's "Why Developmental Milestones Matter" video on YouTube. Check out my weekly videos on child health & development by ⁠subscribing to PedsDocTalk on YouTube⁠. Get trusted pediatric advice, relatable parenting insights, and evidence-based tips delivered straight to your inbox—join thousands of parents who rely on the PDT newsletter to stay informed, supported, and confident. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! And don’t forget to follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@pedsdoctalkpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram—our new space just for parents looking for real talk and real support. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the ⁠⁠⁠PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships⁠⁠⁠ page of the website. SPONSOR Are you a cereal lover looking for a delicious cereal with no added sugar? Enter Magic Spoon. I never thought it was possible to find a cereal that tastes DELICIOUS but is high in protein and contains 0g of sugar. Check out their cereals and various flavors like fruity, blueberry muffin, frosted, maple waffle, birthday cake, cinnamon roll, peanut butter, and my favorite cocoa — magicspoon.com/pedsdoctalk and use promo code PEDSDOCTALK to save today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Speech is more the physical production of speech sounds so like the way that
0:04.8	your tongue and lips and jaw and voice work together to make sounds and parents
0:10.0	often describe this as like how their child is pronouncing words and then
0:14.0	language is the words that we understand and say and how we use them to
0:18.4	communicate. So an example I love to give is like a toddler might have the word
0:22.1	water in their vocabulary and that is language and let's say they pronounce
0:26.3	that word wawa and that is speech part of it. Welcome to the Pete's Doc Talk
0:31.2	podcast. This show's success is largely due to you and the way you share the
0:35.4	podcast with others and leave reviews so thank you for doing that and please
0:39.4	continue to do so. I'm so grateful to have the most amazing guest to guide you
0:43.6	in your parenting journey. Things about all things, newborn, child health,
0:48.0	parenting, child development and parental mental and physical health. Today's
0:52.7	guest is talking about something in child development. She is Melissa Mini, a
0:57.2	return guest of mine and she's a speech-language pathologist and founder of
1:02.0	raising little talkers and we're discussing normal progression of speech
1:07.0	sounds in toddlers and kids. Thank you so much for joining me today Melissa.
1:11.8	Yeah, I'm so happy to be here. Well I'm happy to have you back. I don't know if
1:16.2	you know this but our other episode about pre-verbal communication. We recorded
1:21.0	that probably a year ago is actually one of my top 10 podcast episodes. So I
1:26.5	don't know if you know that but you are definitely a top 10 episode and people
1:30.2	were very interested in that and I wanted you to come on to talk about this
1:34.4	topic because I get a lot of questions from followers. For example my own
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