Just curious as to how many have a GERDling with a speech and language delay and if they are silent reflux or a puker.

My speech delayed GERDling was a major puker.

We are pretty sure Brayden has one - although they won't officially test him until next month. He is a silent refluxer for the most part.

lol! Janette you are TOO fast! I just added a poll to it. :hello2:

Oops...I'll go back and do it. Thanks for the info. ;)

suspected delay
not testing him again until 24 months old
silent refluxer

Mine's not listed--puker turned silent with no delay. :-)

Emma was a HUGE puker, but now is a silent refluxer for the most part - still spitting up and maybe 1 big puke a week...does that count as silent? I wasn't sure what to choose. She has no delay that we're aware of yet.

Okay..I voted for puker with no delay. I guess she's not considered silent b/c we still see pukes and spitups during the week.

Sorry....I'm an airhead today. :doh:

Daniel was a big puker with a mild delay. I attribute his delay to the fact that he doesn't eat and therefore is not exercising his mouth the way the rest of us do. He has a good vocab but simply doesn't talk much, and he has pronunciation issues.

Noah's silent for the most part and has no delay that we know of, but I'm going to say no since he has four words at this point. I think thats on track.

Leigh, this is a very interesting poll. I'm curious to see if there is a coorelation between two of them.

okay, I was thinking about Hobbes.Former Refluxer...puker turn silent, severe delay and still Working on it,. Now with Zoee, puker,turn silent, moderate delay but have not tested yet on list.

Sam was a huge puker and he has a definate delay. We still see speech therapy for him, but it is definately getting better.

Puker turned silent with mild delay (at this point).

I am not sure I understand this post. As you have "severely delay". Well either they are "silent" or a "puker". Since everyone on this site has reflux.

Even if they are "severely delayed" - wouldn't they fit into the "silent" or "puker"?

KWIM?

So the posts for "severely delayed", I would ask are the silent or puker? Right?

I chose mild delay cause he was 5 months behind, but he is catching the ST thinks he will be good without ST and to look at it later.

I really don't know WHAT to choose because
A) I do not know wether he is/was silent or a "puker" because he constantly SPIT UP large amounts. Is that considered a puker?
and B) I'm suspecting some kind of delay as he says no words yet (only mama, dada, rara, nana, baba and aaaaaaah) :( We have not addressed this yet though.

Andrew was always a huge Puker, and for the most part still is:(

I believe he has some kind of a delay even though he says many words, won't be discussed further until 2.

Sam says dada, kitty, drink and ball. No mama yet:hissyfit:

He doesn't know any body parts and doesn't know any animal sounds both of which the ST says for his age he should know at least 2 body parts and one animal sound. We read all the time and talk about the animals in the book, but he doesn't say much. He can point out a few pictures of animals, but doesn't say their names. I will find out more tomorrow.

He doesn't know any body parts and doesn't know any animal sounds both of which the ST says for his age he should know at least 2 body parts and one animal sound.

You mean say the name of a body part or identify it if you say it? Catherine cannot do either, and she has no clue about animal sounds.

I have a puker turned more silent but still pukes lol so who knows what to call him.

Anyway I can't say yet whether he has a speech delay he is 10 months and says nothing. He use to say mama but hasn't for a few months.

Now I have a question. Someone said that they just say mama dada baba, do those not count as words even if they use them right??

Now I am worried he isn't saying anything anymore. He just growls....not kidding lol.

Edited to add that I didn't click any choice because I don't see a too young to tell.

I suppose being able to understand is totally different, huh?
If I ask Zac where something is, majority of the time he will get it or look at it (he doesn't point yet, either).

I suppose being able to understand is totally different, huh?
If I ask Zac where something is, majority of the time he will get it or look at it (he doesn't point yet, either).

Yes, receptive language (understanding what's said to the child) and expressive language (speaking) are two entirely different developmental skills.

From what little I gleaned from the SLPs at the hospital where I used to work, they don't get as worried right away about toddlers who have fairly good receptive language skills (the ability to understand what's said to them) but are a bit behind in expressive speech.

Again, I'm no SLP, but this is what I remember one of the therapists telling me when I used to do intake evals. :-)

Don't know if he is delayed in speech, but we are still silent.:coffee:

You mean say the name of a body part or identify it if you say it? Catherine cannot do either, and she has no clue about animal sounds.

Identify the body part of self or doll was what she said today. The animal noises are part of receptive speech - understanding what the animal is and what it says. For example - Sam says kitty and can pick it out of a cluster of animals, but doesn't know what to pick if I say meow. He should be able to look at one animal and know the sound they make.

Our speech therapist doesn't seem too worried though because he is babbling a lot, and can point at things he wants.