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>>>My dd is 3 and says sometimes "yittle" for "little" and "yap" for "lap"
It's
extremely cute at this age but I wonder if it might be a problem later on or
will just clear up with age.<<<


Cute as it can be---and it DOES go away! :-(

Cameron couldn't say Y's. "Yap" would be "lap" and "young" would be "lung".
It went away at about 4, I guess. I miss it.

Duncan, on the other hand switched the two---like your daughter. We would
recite "Big L Little L. Little Lola Lopp. Left leg. Lazy lion licks a lollipop."
ALL with Y's! <G> "Big e-wa yitta e-wa. Yitta yoya yopp. Yeft yeg. Yazy yion
yicks a yawyee pop."

Someone suggested that we needed to cut his tongue underneath---that she had
had the same problem and the "clipping" had corrected it after a while. I'm
guessing that it corrected WHEN she was ready---in spite of the knife! (Kind of
like the reading that happens when everyone focuses on it for months and
months! <G>) I figured that, since I didn't know any adults who couldn't say their
L's, it wasn't a permanent problem.

Anyway---it stopped shortly after his sixth birthday. He'll be eight in
March. It shows up very occasionally when he's tired or very sleepy. I miss that
too!

~Kelly


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In a message dated 9/14/03 8:49:20 AM, kbcdlovejo@... writes:

<< I figured that, since I didn't know any adults who couldn't say their
L's, it wasn't a permanent problem. >>

Barbara Walters.

And she did okay.

She has trouble with "r" and "l" both I think.

Sandra

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In a message dated 9/14/2003 10:49:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kbcdlovejo@... writes:
>>>My dd is 3 and says sometimes "yittle" for "little" and "yap" for "lap"
It's
extremely cute at this age but I wonder if it might be a problem later on or
will just clear up with age.<<<
My adopted son talks the same way, and he is 10. BUT...he was/is very
developmentally delayed (though he's catching up in leaps and bounds now and LOVEING
"homeschool.) He was in speech at school, but I've noticed after the summer
and now that he's home full time, he's beginning to speak a little more
clearly. His is/was pretty severe, but the caseworker said both his parents spoke
exactly the same way, as adults.

I like the idea of the "lazy lion licked a lolly pop" Dr. Seuss book to
practice. I'll get it from the library next time. He actually likes doing
"speech" stuff (when he'd bring home practice sheets from school last year) so he'll
probably enjoy reading it together.

Nancy B. in WV


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