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Toddlers: 24 Months+
How well does your 2 yr old talk?
My son just turned 2 a couple weeks ago and he still really doesn't talk? He ncan say stuff like Baby, Sit (he just learned), and he tries to say cookie but doesn't really say it right? I read to him... he was in daycare for about 3 months? I just worry about him not speaking actual words? He talks alot but nothing we can understand? Would you be concerned or just let him be and he will soon get it?
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Re: How well does your 2 yr old talk?
Hi, my son turned 2 on the 13th and he is just now saying some words clearly. He is learning a new word almost every day. He still doesnt say any phrases except for poop geese ew (there are geese around the pond).
My niece is 26 months and she says bye mama, dada, sissy, mimi, Loralei (her baby sisters name and she says it clear as day) and a few other words. She babbles allllll day and she acts like she is really telling you something but its not real words. Our doctors have told us not to worry yet.
Does your son understand what you say? Does he follow simple commands, go get the ball? I bet he will soon start saying words that you will understand.
DS2 sounds like he's about where your son is (he turns 2 next week). He was diagnosed with a speech delay at 18mo but we have not done any treatment yet. He is coming along better now, he's not caught up yet but definitely closer to average than he was 6 months ago. We'll see what the pedi says at his 2yr check up but I'm not worried about his development at this point. I see him learning more words and trying to say bigger words, so I know he's coming along.
DS1 was way advanced at that age, speaking in clear, full sentences by 2 years old. It's hard because I always find myself comparing....
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The American Speech Language Hearing Association is the governing board for speech language pathologists and audiologist.
Here is what they describe should be happening between 1 and 2
https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/12.htm
And here is what they describe for 2 to 3 years old.
https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/23.htm
This. I would personally look into having him evaluated by EI (early intervention). It certainly can't hurt, and if he qualifies it could really help him along.
According to my pedi DS should of had about 50 words at 2 years. He only had a handful. I took him for IE and he qualified. He has been going to speech once a week for about 5 montths and doing well. He says 3 to 4 word sentances now.
Just a side note from the reading I have done it is not always better if your LO understands and doesn't talk. It may mean they don't have a hearing problem but from what I read studies show it takes longer for those children to "catch-up" Not to scare you but everybody was telling me "if he understands he doesn't have a problem" and that was not the case in my situation and from my research is not true.
I'm glad you said this. It is true. People like to hang on to that idea that if the child has good receptive language (comprehension), they just need a little time. I always cringe when I read it because I feel it gives a lot of false hope. I'm a speech therapist, fwiw.
From one of my text books...this is "Milestones of Early Communication Development" for 18-24 months:
Pragmatics (the social use of language): Frequency of word use increases over preverbal communication, New intents include requesting information, answering questions, acknowledging, A frequency of 7.5 communicative acts per 1 minute of free play
Semantics (vocabulary): Average expressive vocabulary size: 200-300 words at 24 months, understand single words for objects out of sight, understand 2 word relations similar to those expressed, prevalent relations expressed: agent-action, agent-object, action-object, action-location, entity-location, possessor-possession, demonstrative-entity, attribute-entity
Syntax (grammar): Brown's Stage I: Basic Semantic Roles and Relations, two-word utterances emerge, word order is consistent, utterances are "telegraphic" with few grammatical markers
Phonology (the sound system of language): By 24 months, 9-10 initial and 5-6 final consonants are used, speech is 50% intelligible (able to be understood), 70% of consonants are correct, CVC (consonant vowel consonant) and two syllable words emerge
I know that is a lot of speech jargon, but hopefully it gives an idea of how much is going on from a language point of view. And the difference between that description and the description at 30 months is remarkable.
Thanks for everyone helps!!! My son is amazing and I know he is sooo smart and I will check into EI. If I ask him to get a ball for me he can't or doesn't? He knows what I am talking about I think but I think at times he just chooses not to do it? But any way... I will check into it!
Thanks!
DS is exactly where he needs to be. He actually has "made up" words that sound just like baby babble, but are words he attached to things. Since realizing this, I try to encourage him to say the correct word...so to improve his speech.
If he picks up something like a rock, I say, "Thats a rock." he will respond, "A Rock?" Then when he see's it again another day, he'll look at it and go, "A Rock!" or "A wok!" Sometimes he will look at something and say (very cutely), "AH! WAT IS DAT?" Then I will tell him what it is...be it a phone...rock..etc.
He is pointing to things when he wants something, like he wanted a banana yesterday. Pulled me to the kitchen and pointed to where the bananas are and was whining. I told him, "Do you want a banana? Say 'Banana Please.' " When he repeated, "Nana Peese." I gave him the banana.
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Honestly every child is different, when my DS turned 2 he could only say about 10 words and now 9 months later he is talking my ear off and are read him name and recognize all his letters and shapes.
It couldn't hurt to mention it to the ped, but I honestly think this is normal. If he is learning new things, that is all that matters.
Well, recently DS is saying words clearly.
He was a late talker but he would repeat and remember what we identified as well...trees, cars, etc. My suggestion is to encourage words with him, learn what he is saying.
For example, DS says "Mickey" for mickey mouse, "pah-pah" for pacifier, "Noooo" for nose...
Keep talking a lot with him...sometimes the babbling is actual verbage, and are words he just can't properly pronounce yet or words he has for items you don't know.
DS yesterday had to say a phrase 6x before I understood what he wanted. He kept saying "Up Mama" but it wasn't clear at all.