my toddler?
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Ignore the doctor. While your son is on the lower end of normal, he's still definitely normal. So long as you see improvement and progression he's on the right track, and I can almost gaurantee that before kindergarten he'll be at the same level as the majority of the other kids. Without any other data, it's truly to early to determine any kind of speech impairment. Remember that babies begin to speak only when given the proper environment - talk a lot and your son will start to, too. Time in front of the television DOES NOT COUNT, so the previous suggestion of swapping in educational tapes instead of Barney has absolutely no scientific backing. Also, different people have different strengths, perhaps your 21 month old just hasn't had a chance to show you what his are yet.
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Everybody's kid learns at different paces.
some children develop slower than others- be patient and show your baby some educational videos not barney
My toddler turns 2 in May and she's been putting sentences together for a few months now. On the other hand, my friends baby who is near the same age only grunts for things. It will differ from one to another, and girls seem to talk more than boys, but I would think that at 21 months they'd have a pretty good vocabulary. You may want to have his hearing tested. If that's not a problem, make sure that you insist that your son tells you what he wants, or at least tries to put the word togther, if you give him everything without asking, he's not even going to try.
please,don't worry! I was concerned too and my son went to speech therapy but it didn't do much.I read that most speech delayed kids catch up my the age 4 or 5.I was signing to him.Sure enough he doesn't shut-up now,LOL! You'll find alot of kids who delayed with speech,lots!It has NOTHING to do with their I.Q.
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being a mom
My son was the "strong and silent" type until he was 2.5 or so. He was very observant and one day he just spouted out whole sentences.
My daughter babbled a lot until she was 3. At that point, our doctor determined her speech was not correctly advanced for her age, so we got hearing tests done. It turned out she was 30% deaf in both ears. She had to have ear surgery to correct her hearing problem and is now recovering nicely!
So, it depends entirely on your child. Keep a watchful eye (and ear) on your child's development and have them tested if you feel you need to. He might just be a late bloomer like my son! But he might have hearing problems like my daughter. You never know.
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Personal experience.
most kids at that age ar talking quite a bit (20 + words)my middle daughter was like that the dr told me to make sure im not talking baby talk to her and to use many word for the same thing ( ex: dog, puppy doggie ) and describe things like crazy ... the more you talk to them the more they pick up...hope it helps
no its normal cuz sometimes kids learn at differnt ages
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good luck on you and your kid
I think it's pathetic for a doctor to say a baby should be saying such and such a number of words are normal at that age.
How many variables are really involved? Probably too many to worry about.
Wasn't there a famous talk-jock that said that she didn't speak until very late and when she spoke, she started speaking in full well formed sentences?
You are the best conversational motivator for your baby. You'll know soon enough when to really worry.
Some babies are probably better listeners and observers than talkers.
Good luck and be patient and conversational.
my 14 month old say about 25 and understands at least double that.
Sorry to brag.
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He can also run, jump and do somersaults.
Sounds like you got jewed.
It is normal for kids to develop at different paces. One thing that you can do is whenever he/she points to something say the name of that item. If he/she grunts to get stuff, don't give it to them. Tell them the name and encourage him/her to say it. It is little things like that that I do with my son and it has helped alot. Like when we go shopping, he walks with me and I tell him, "Ok we are turning right" or "left" and so on and he has started to pick it up from that.
If you want to know where your son fits in milestone wise this is a great website
www.blankees.com/baby/speech
If you can get a speech and language assessment done I would. Everyone told me not to worry when my daughter at 18 mths. wasn't talking. I took her for an assessment anyway...turns out she had a hearing problem. Once that was addressed the speech soon caught up. Every child develops differently but use the milestones as a guide and follow your gut instinct. If your doctor thinks he's behind what has been recomended? My advice from being in "the system" is that the earlier your in the better as many times there is up to a 6 month wait to get help. It's always better to have an assessment scheduled and decide you don't need it than wait too long ...decide you need one done then find out you have a long wait ...all the time your son is falling farther behind. Hopefully it will be the case that by the time his assessment is scheduled he's meeting all milestones.
Good luck
after having 2 boys i have noticed that boys tend to deveolp more so physicly than anyother way. don't panic about his speech until your doctor ask you to see a speech therapist. Im sure that your child will be a chatter box before long.. my older son started that way.. now at the age of 4 he has a vocabulary of a 8 year old
Working in a daycare i see alot of different stages of language developement. and i was suprized to see that not many kids talk until they are 2. then at some point in the year they are just little chatter boxes. its wierd i will be in the 2year old room one week and some kids hardly talk and some dont stop! i go in the next week and the ones who didnt talk are added to the group of ones that talk your ear off. just give it time. theres nothing wrong with him. hes just not ready. no worries!
My friend's toddler didn't talk until she turned 2 and then it was in full sentences. Give it some time, maybe another 6 months and if he still is saying only 5, perhaps your doctor can offer options for you at that time.
You know better than your doctor what your son should be saying. Does your doctor always question your judgement? If so, you may want to switch. But that's between you and him/her.
About the speech thing, I wouldn't worry if your son seems to be doing other things on or before the "average" timetable. For example, my son walked at 8 1/2 months old, and he could build a 7-block tower at 17 months, but he didn't say "mama" until he was 18 months old. He had about as many words at 21 months as your son, and now he has a larger vocabulary than most of his preschool classmates. Kids develop at different rates when they're tiny, but by the time they're 3 or 4, they pretty much all even out.
So, follow your instinct. You're the mom, and your opinion is the best!
By age 2 1/2, the average child has a vocabulary of about 600 words, by age 5 or 6 that number rises to about 15,000 words, an increase of 10 words a day. By 3 years of age, most children have all the basic tools needed to form sentences and make conversation. Most 18 to 20 month olds will use 1 and 2 word sentences. By 24 months, the longest sentences include 4 and 5 words. By 30 months, sentence length will double again. If your doctor is concerned then you should probably work on his vocabulary. Read alot, label everything around his environment and repeat back to him everything he says. Get picture books and spend time with him. Repeat words all the time. You can also play kids music in the car. Discovery toys has a great tape that repeats the alphabet. Our kids love it.
I was worried about my son too....he didn't say a whole lot until he was almost 30 mos....(he'll be 3 in June) and now he says new words and phrases everyday! Every child learns at a different pace, so don't worry about it. As long as he is developing normally in all other areas, just relax!!
Reading to them also helps...and always point to things and say what they are....in no time he'll be doing the same.
when he is ready to speak he will unless he has a hearing promblem goodluck
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