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"I don't know how to help my precious girl to talk!?"

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Reply from Gail: Thanks, I am working on getting My daughter into a preschool twice a week and told my boss I need to work a straight 8 hour shift for a while to help my girl.  They are letting me do that.  And they will compensate my pay so I can still pay bills.  What a great job.  Thank you Joy :-)

Q: Dear Joy, I am a 34 year old single mom of a two year old little girl who was born with a cleft palate that was fixed May of 2001.  Carly is a very very smart little girl but she is not saying many words.  Other kids her age have more words than what she does.  I love my daughter so much and I worry that because I am having work 10-14 hours a day that she is being affected by it and I am feeling really guilty.  I refuse to be on public assistance because I want Carly to know that to get anywhere in life we have to work for what we want in life.  Her father walked out on us when I found out I was pregnant.    Since Carly was born he has only paid $300 in two years.  I feel guilty having to work so much but I love my daughter so much that I want to do the best I can to provide her with everything she needs.  I don't know how to help my precious girl talk.  Can you give me some advice? Please help. Thank you so very much, Gail M.

A: Dear Gail, thank you for writing to us at SingleMom.com.  It's not unusual that your two years old daughter doesn't talk much.  Yes, part of it because you work long hour and your daughter doesn't have a chance to see you much.  You're obviously doing a wonderful job of raising her... You work hard to make living for both of you without the father's support.  You also refuse to get public assistant.  Don't we all wish that your daughter will somehow understand that.

As you already know, the first five years of a child are extremely important.  The more you talk to them, play with them, & show them that you love them, the better they will grow and become a positive person in life.  Since you don't have much time, I hope you can somehow spend time with her in the weekend... Take her to places with a lot of kids. Let's her play with other children, so that she doesn't get intimidated by other kids... Talk to your babysitter about this... Since you are not with her during the day...

I wish you the best & please let us know how it goes with your daughter.
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- http://www.sparkisland.com/public/ages_and_stages/soc-yr1/?view=Standard

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