2 year old speech

emg

Although I wouldnt be hugely worried at this age I would definitely get it checked out now rather than waiting to see. As others have said, early intervention is so much more effective. Either you see the therapist and they reassure you that he's fine or they say lets see if we can help him make better progress. Both outcomes are preferable to seeing them when he's 3 and a half and there are only a few months before he starts school.

meritaten

I think its a little early yet to worry about speech development - I believe this happens mostly between 2 and 3 years and you will always get 'early talkers' and 'late talkers'.
he could be so caught up in learning everything else he hasn't got time yet to 'do' speech and you say he responds, so it isn't a hearing problem. he has prob been too busy walking and learning about his environment! give it a while and if still worried then mention it at clinic or to the GP.

an9i77

read 'the language instinct' by psycholinguist Steven Pinker. He poo poos the idea that we teach children how to speak, demonstrating how language is indeed something we instinctively learn as shown by such things as creoles (the languages of the children of slave communities where a common language is not shared by the adults).

Unless there is some sort of learning disability children will eventually pick it up, some later than others but all get there in the end.

I have a young child and whilst I will certainly point out objects to him to help his vocabulary I have complete faith in his ability to learn to talk, in his own time.

grey_lady

No single words at 2.5 is unusual, but all kids are different. Some are walking are 9 months, others don't walk until they are two.

There is a dvd by a speech and language therapist you could get which is very good - have a look at the Amazon review here

For anyone worried about autism there's something called the m-chat test which is a screening toold.

raq

hi there

I got 3 children and when my youngest was 3 my health visitor did mention to get ds looked at as he just wasnt bothered to talk or do any of his milestones. Being my 3rd I never did see a problem. He was and still is a very happy little boy. ( I was also a very quiet child and didn,t speak until i was 5 - 6 years of age , am fine now though.lol )

Anyway, once the hv sent in documents thats when the huge ball started rolling.

It was scary what we heard 2 years ago, but we have had fantastic support and he is slowly getting there. ( being diagnosed as very mild autism )

I agree with another post, nip it in the bud early.

Let us know how you get on

Big hugs
x

dibuzz

As most have said, they are all different.
Son no 1 was quite deaf until 3 and a half and missed the beginning off most words.
Son no 2 learned to speak by copying his brother so his speech was poor but improved once he started nursery.
Son no 3 was talking in sentences at 10 months, nobody would believe his age when I told them.

pigpen

grey_lady wrote: »

For anyone worried about autism there's something called the m-chat test which is a screening toold.

How accurate is that? Do you know?

When my youngest son was being assessed they said it was almost impossible to dx autism before 4 as the normal behaviours are so similar to typical autism behaviours. My littlest has just scored very high, and I think she is fine.. apart from she doesn't talk or play or sleep.. lol

Molly41

My DD said her first word at 9 months - sheeps - when driving past a field of sheep and my second son was 3 isn when his first proper word was spoken.

He had intensive speech therapy and went to a specialist language nursery as he was quite delayed. He only needed a year and has been absolutely fine ever since.