Picture this: You’re sitting with your three-year-old, waiting excitedly to hear them talk about their day. They smile, they gesture, they understand everything you’re saying, but their words come out slowly, in short phrases, or not quite the way you expect . As a parent, this moment can feel confusing and worrying. You can see  their thoughts, but you’re not hearing them the way you imagined. This is often the first sign of Developmental Expressive Language Disorder (DELD)