What should I do if my baby can't speak clearly?

In daily life, every couple in every family wants to have a child of their own because that is the fruit of their love. The arrival of a child will make the relationship between husband and wife more harmonious. Every mother hopes that her baby is smart and clever, so they hope that their baby is better than others, but some children will show certain bad symptoms, which makes mothers very anxious. So what should I do if my baby can't speak clearly?

A small number of children may have a tongue tie caused by a short frenulum. When the child opens his mouth and pries up the tongue, a thin strip of tissue can be seen between the tongue and the bottom of the mouth. This is the tongue tie. A short frenulum is what is commonly known as a big tongue. This can be corrected by going to the hospital for a tongue tie correction.

You can test your child's hearing. If there is a hearing impairment, it will cause certain language expression problems, because what he hears is different from what we said. Over time, the child's speech will be affected. Children over 3 years old who have severe difficulty speaking clearly need to go to the hospital for a hearing test.

Children’s different language environments may also cause their language expressions to be unclear. For example, if the family speaks dialect, the grandmother speaks Northeastern dialect, the grandmother speaks Sichuan dialect, and the parents speak Mandarin, such children will be confused about the languages ​​and will not know how to speak and express themselves. Therefore, it is best to use Mandarin as the main language for conversations between family members to provide children with a good language environment.

It is also very beneficial for parents to communicate with their children more often and have more verbal exchanges, which is also beneficial for children to develop their expressive ability. Talk more about interesting things you hear and hear in daily life, read more classic stories to your children, accumulate their vocabulary, exercise their thinking, and encourage them to speak more and express their ideas more.

Under normal circumstances, children can accept two language environments. If the parents speak Mandarin and the local dialect is spoken where they live, the parents can speak Mandarin to their children at home. If the children speak the local dialect when they go out to play with other children, the parents should not interfere and prevent the children from communicating. Letting children adjust and switch languages ​​by themselves is actually a kind of exercise for children.

When children cannot speak clearly, parents must be patient and wait for them to finish speaking. Do not be impatient or interrupt, and certainly do not blame the children. Parents' love and patience play a vital role in helping children build self-confidence and the courage to express themselves.

After reading the above introduction on what to do if your baby cannot speak clearly, I think everyone should have some understanding. There are many reasons why babies cannot speak clearly. The best way is to first identify the cause and take corresponding measures to make targeted improvements and treatments. Some may be congenital defects of the children, and parents must be patient to care and protect them.