a lithsp!

[quelsouci]

Along with his corset (if that wasn't enough to worry about), ds has acquired a definite lisp (he's 2.8). As a baby, ds' mouth was usually open & his tongue quite visible but I thought it was because he always seemed to have a stuffy nose. What do you do with a child whose tongue is too big for his mouth?

[quelsouci]

I've googled "lisp" & all I've found out is that it's the name of a family of computer programming languages... not what I need to know right now. Anyone know anything about lisps?

[kidstrack2]

sorry don't know much about them, but i did have one and used to attend speech therapist at primary school, when my appointment time came, i used to stick my hand up in class and say Please miss its time for my appointment to see the lady who helps me to speak, my dad says he always used to get me to say thistle as he thought it was cute, my lisp stopped when i was about 12 but by then i had had a few years at speech therapy, then at 14 i had braces fitted on my teeth and it kind of it came back a little i think it was through nerves and trying to hide my mouth, i think though its one of those things that it either stops or you have it for life kinda thing!

[quelsouci]

Thanks kidstrack2. I've been alternating between google & MN & have discovered that ds should give up his dummy! That will be tough. Apart from that, it seems as though it's too early to tell if it's something that needs "treatment" or if he'll grow out of it.

[Sparklemagic]

Probably nothing to worry about, I'm sure lisping is very commonin children. Didn't those victorian novels always have the little blond angel children lisping prettily (before they succumbed to period drama cough that is!)

Even if he does have a 'real' lisp, Speech therapy could help, I'm sure - and anyway, I have always LOVED men with lisps, I think it's sexy!

[tortoise]

DS1 9 has a lisp.Love it when he does 10 fat sausages sizzling in a pan with his sister!

[booge]

I used to lisp as a child (and still do occasionally) I used to be very conscious of it because I didn't want to sound like Violet Elizabeth "I'll scweam and scweam and scweam until I'm sick" Eurgh! But then no one would want to sound like Bonney Langford!

Sorry I digress. I've always thought it was because I have a big tounge. I had some speach therapy and not sure whether it helped or not, I think it just diminished with age, people very rarely notice it now unless I'm a bit drunk or tired.

[biglips]

my SD (7) had a lisp till she was about 5.. as we thought she was gonna have one.. but didnt and now my 18mths DD starting to lisp too

[LIZS]

dd currently has one having spoken well since she was a tot . Can you do exercises with him in front of a mirror to accentuate the correct movement.