Katelyn'sMom, from what I have read about correcting speech, you might be careful about how often you do that. I've read that this can lead to stuttering and low self-confidence. When my DD has incorrectly pronounced a word, I'll do the "yes," and correctly say the word. This has not reinforced the mispronunciation, but rather eventually she will learn to pronounce it correctly without feeling as if she's doing it wrong. After all, DD is only 3 and she's bound to mispronounce words (currently Play-Doh is "tay-toe"). My DD is already so much a perfectionist that I do not want to feed the need for perfectionism any more. Being a perfectionist myself, I don't want my DD feeling like she has to do everything right in the first try and that it's okay to do something wrong (I still struggle with this and it has greatly impacted my life in every way imaginable). Just a thought.
Thanks for the suggestion. I think my first response leads to the assumption that I firmly will not accept her response and say 'No' it is this way, which I don't. Plus we were blessed with the kid that has to hear a word twice at the most and has it down. I have thrown some big words at her and she has no problem pronouncing them. Today it was chandiler since we just put one up in her room. As of today I can not remember the last time I corrected her words b/c she has them down and adds new ones with no problems. The only word she still says a little off is vitamin and for her it is witamin. I too am a perfectionist and have to remind myself to let things go. So I just accept her witamin for vitamin b/c I know what she is asking for. But you are right about self esteem and I will need to watch my perfectionist self as I deal with my little perfectionist!
