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[quote=Anonymous]First of all, your “real word” distinction is meaningless. As long as she’s consistently associating moo with a cow and neigh with horse, that counts. Throw in apple, mama and dada and you’re at a solid 5 words. Your child is not speech delayed. Attempting to copy words and only getting the first bit out or garbling them is also a great sign. Do NOT show her television that is terrible advice.

Similarly, 13.5 months is not a delayed walker. That’s a perfectly normal, healthy time to start walking.

It sounds like you’re falling into the trap of comparing your child to the average (the average kid walks around 12 months) and then because she’s slightly slower than average, declaring her delayed. Slightly slower than average does NOT equal delayed. Each kid develops at her own pace, and the range is wide. My kid walked at 17 months, still normal. If they haven’t walked by 18 months, that’s when they’re considered delayed. Again, three words is AVERAGE - I believe delayed is if they have no words at 15 months - zero. My kid had not a single word at 15 months - no mama, no dada, no moo, nothing. He was speech delayed (though very quickly caught up).

Take a deep breath. Relax. Your kid is doing fine.[/quote]

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