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it's not really a serious condition but if you go deeper to the case of your child's problem, it shows that your child has somewhat suffering from a language or verbal disorder normally happens to children at their learning years. but if it happens that your child is not responding with what has been taught in the school, bring her in a specialist to have the condition examine so you can point out what is really wrong with your child's verbal/speech problem.

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Give it time. Therapy is not an overnight answer. It is an ongoing process. Keep doing what you are doing. The frustration is fine. It is a part of the process. It's very aligned to the highly acclaimed dr Greenspan floortime method. Part of the process is expecting your child to at least do what she is capable of doing rather than anticipating needs. You are doing great. Hang in there.

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The thing that helped my daughter to develop her speeking skills was having her watch how my lips, tongue and teeth were when I made the sounds. She would try to imitate how I was making the sounds and she picked up quickly that way.

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I can relate, our daughter is a late talker too.
Your daughter may be relying on vowel for drink and shoes because vowel sounds are easy to make, and they get her point across as you are understanding her (along with her gestures and pointing).

Can she say ma, ba, da and other "front of mouth" sounds?

For research you may want to look at asha.org, or ask your SLP to point you to some resources for self-study.

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My son is in speech therapy too. He also had a hard time with consonants, especially at the beginning of words. He's doing much better now - he's been in therapy six months. It can take a while.

My best advice is to keep trying/teaching at home. My son would get (and still does) very frustrated. It's very hard for them. Someone explained it me like this - you wouldn't give a kid who just learned to read a college textbook. That's too much too fast. Same idea with our delayed talkers, they have every right to be frustrated and not want to do it. We have to encourage where we can.

When she says "a-ee" for daddy, repeat the correct word to her - "yes, da-ddy" etc. She is still very young and it will get better. Hang in there.

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