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Why Does My Child Leave out Syllables of Some Words? {And is This Normal?}

February 5, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Why Does My Child____? {And is it Normal?} 8 Comments

Mama! I want da ‘puter! Mmmmm yummy ‘getti! The e-fant is eating peanuts! Sound familiar? Have you noticed that your toddler will sometimes leave out syllables in some of his words? What is a Phonological Process? If you’ve been following along for a while, you may have read some of my posts on phonological processes, […]

Why Does My Child Sound Like He is From Boston- Even Though We Aren’t? {And is it Normal?}

January 23, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Speech & Language 101, Why Does My Child____? {And is it Normal?} 5 Comments

I see a wed cah mommy! The wabbit is eating a cawwit. My name in Wyan. I wike to wide my bike down the woad. What? I can’t he-ah you! You ah too fah away. Does any of this sound familiar to you? Does your young child sound like he could have been raised in Boston, […]

Why Does My Child Put The End Sounds of Words at the Beginning? {And is it Normal?}

January 17, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Speech & Language 101, Why Does My Child____? {And is it Normal?} 3 Comments

Welcome to a new installment of my “Why Does My Child____ {And is it Normal?}” series. You can read more about this series HERE.  I have gotten this question many times before. I must admit…the first few times I got this question it threw me. I had to think hard of what the person was […]

Why Does My Child Say “WaWa” & “BaBa”? {And is it Normal?}

December 12, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Articulation & Phonology (aka Speech Sounds), Speech & Language 101, Why Does My Child____? {And is it Normal?} 7 Comments

Welcome to the first post in my new long term series “Why Does My Child___? {And is it normal?}” For more information about this series and how you can help contribute, read the intro post HERE.  I remember a couple years ago a friend of mine was talking about how she wondered why her son […]

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