My 2 1/2 year old not talking

Hello, My baby is 2 1/2, he’s been going through a lot the past few months, and just recently got bit in the face by his grandmothers dog, a lot of trauma and infections with that. He has a baby sister that’s 1 (turned 1 July 22nd) and me and their dad split, I kicked him out about a year ago now. I’m still in our home and their dad lives with his mom. Anyway, he’s getting early intervention twice a month, and he’s been behaving almost amazing up until this week. He’s had some behavioral problems this week, refusing naps and refusing everything. Taking toys from his sister all the time and having a breakdown when I ask him to give it back. I’m the only one with them for about 5 days in a row, by myself. I’ve been having a hard time! I’m not even therapist mommy anymore, I’m turning into mom that is seriously annoyed. I can’t take it sometimes I want to yell but really try not to. I need help. Also my kid isn’t talking much he doesn’t even try to sound out words correctly (he has maybe 15 words). We’ve tried a lot and work hard trying to teach him. Anyone else in the same boat? SOS

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Mine is 30 months old and still not talking too! Doing early intervention speech therapy every thing as much as possible from us!

I know this doesn't cover most of what you talked about but maybe it would be nice to know my son is only napping maybe 2 out of 7 days a week now (and I've seen others in the march 2022 group saying similar with refusing naps lately)

Same as @Sarah. My 2 and 1/2 year old boy doesn’t want to nap anymore either. Most days he falls asleep early (once he’s done terrorizing the entire house 😂)and stays asleep through the night. It seems like you are on the right track by getting help with the other concerns. I have been in a similar situation where I felt like my one of my kids weren’t hitting certain milestones when they were supposed to. The best advice I can give is to try to not stress, get help from others, and do your personal best to help him. That’s enough. I have four kids and they all have their own individual needs as well as strengths. He may “catch up” on his own or you may have to talk to a pediatrician about getting a referral for something more than the twice a month early intervention services. That would also take some pressure off you trying to teach him all by yourself, 5 days a week 😥 .

@Kay I appreciate the love and advice! I’m going to put him in speech therapy, I took him once but it was too expensive. But now reconsidering, I agree he may need something more than twice a month! Thank you!

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