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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm wondering if my child is just going to be on the later end of the curve for talking, or whether I need to start looking into intervention. He is 16 months, and doesn't say many words. He says mama, dada, brother's name (one syllable and starts with a letter that seems to be easy for him), dog, night-night, hi, plus probably 10 animal sounds. That's about it. He babbles all the time and vocalizes with gestures to communicate nonverbally, points at everything he wants to have or wants to show me. He's really pretty good at letting me know what he wants to "say" without having many words. He understands just about everything we say and can follow basic directions.

Sometimes it seems like he has trouble making certain sounds or can't figure out how to say a sound. For example, we'll do animal sounds and he'll say "maa maa" for the goat, but also for the sheep (instead of "baa baa"), since the "m" sound is one he has mastered. I've heard him make a "b" sound, but he doesn't usually make it at the beginning of a word/babble. He will sometimes study my mouth as if trying to figure out how to say something, and sometimes he'll try to repeat but it doesn't really sound anything like the intended word. Is that normal?

The pediatrician was totally fine with his language development at the 15 month check-up. Should I just see where he is a 18 months? Should I be worried?[/quote]

My almost 17month old says zero words though his receptive language skills are good and he communicates what he wants (different babbles, pointing his finger, screeching, turning away his head, pulling). The only one that sounds like a word is "yeah". Yours sounds normal. Mine probably a little iffy. But I'm still going to wait.[/quote]

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