25 mnth old still not talking...

[Anonymous]

I have a 25 month old DS and he says a lot of words but has not yet started have a good conversation has yet? When did your DS or DD actually start talking?

[Anonymous]

My 30 month old still does not speak in sentences. The most robust sentence is "Jacob go Upstairs" or "My Play" (meaning my turn) or "Jacob play Thomas" or "My Eat" (I'm hungry). I'm really not so worried about it. He's in a Spanish speaking daycare, so I'm sure its harder for him. Also, he fully understands everything I tell him. He also has an amazing capacity for empathy and understands humor. I know his EQ is very high, so I consider us ahead!

[Anonymous]

It's probably nothing. Have you talked to your pediatrician about it?

[Anonymous]

My 25 month old twins don't truely converse yet either. We just saw the pediatrician today (who is trained in developmental peds) and he wasn't concerned in the least. The golden standard (which I have read a zillion places and have heard from 4 different doctors at 2 different practices) is 50 words and the start of 2 word combos by age 2. Unless your child falls short of this (and there are kids that do) then you have nothing to worry about. Kids all talk on their own timelines!

[Anonymous]

Also, recepetive speech is more important than expressive speech at this age and usually develops much sooner.

[Anonymous]

op, does your dc hear other languages? A bilingual 2 yo in my dc's daycare could only say one word responses when other kids in her class could speak in 3-8 word sentences. She talks now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 25 month old twins don't truely converse yet either. We just saw the pediatrician today (who is trained in developmental peds) and he wasn't concerned in the least. The golden standard (which I have read a zillion places and have heard from 4 different doctors at 2 different practices) is 50 words and the start of 2 word combos by age 2. Unless your child falls short of this (and there are kids that do) then you have nothing to worry about. Kids all talk on their own timelines!

Does anyone actually count this? How would one know if their kid could recite 50 words?

[Anonymous]

Think of all the words you kids knows and then write them down.

usually they start with mama, dada, ball, dog, duck, fish, kitty, cookie (or whatever their version of those wordsare -- they they say "tik" for "kitty" then it counts as a word.

out, car, clock, spaghetti, noodles, night-night, grammy, TV... and so on. Just list what you remember him saying.

If you aren't with your child all day you can ask his caregiver what words he or she thinks he says on a regular basis.

If you have a 2 year old with a speech delay, you might find yourself really working hard to even get to 20. It doesn't necessarily mean they have a problem, and it is less likley to be a problem if they have good receptive language (i.e. they can understand you, they just don't talk back) but if a 2 year old doesn't have 30 to 50 words, yeah, it might be a red flag, and you should talk to your pediatrician.

[Anonymous]

I'm a speech therapist & the 50 words & combining 2 words is true. One way to know is to have your child label items in a book or around the house. You'd probably be surprised by how many words they know. It is also true they should have more receptive language (be able to point to things you say, follow simple directions, that kind of thing).

[Anonymous]

I'm no therapist, but I've known a lot of little boys like this, and they end up speaking normally.