Speech Regression in 4 almost year old

[Frangipani Lou]

Does he respond when you talk to him as he can't see your face? How's his hearing in noisy places? How's his balance?

If you're worried it might be a good idea to see your GP and get a referral for a hearing test so that can be ruled out.

[Santosha]

I think since it's speech /articulation related, it's well worth getting him fully checked out. But in case this resonates at all, this is what happened for us at 3.5...

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...n-fade-187457/

[JLeigh29]

Hmmm, haven't noticed any speech issues here, but Santosha's link perfectly describes DS at the moment!

I think a check up would ease your mind though...

[Bloom]

Thanks for your input everyone! I spoke to a friend who is a speech pathologist and she suggested an articulation screening tool and sent me a link for one from a site called Mommy Speech Therapy.

Once I was actually sitting down quietly with DS one on one, he actually did quite well and scored in the range for a normal 4 year old. The sounds he has trouble with are the ones that they are meant to master by 4 or 5.

I think that perhaps it is partly tiredness/laziness on his part and partly because when I am generally talking to him there are two other little people around.

I am going to take a wait and see approach - maybe take note of the words he has trouble with over the next two weeks before I do anything.