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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you tried modeling phrases for him or encouraging him to use them? My son was alot like that, but around he would come up to me and hand me a book and say "Read". And I'd respond, "who do you want to read the book?"  When he said "mommy" I'd respond "[b]Ok, can you say Mommy read?"[/b] DS caught on pretty quick, but I'm not sure when he would have done it if we hadn't started to insist a bit. [/quote]

Bad advice.  Trying to get your kid to repeat stuff is not effective.  Read "It Takes Two To Talk".  It's completely worth it (it's expensive) and very useful in working out ways to play/talk with your child that will encourage communication,  But saying "can you say..." is not helpful.  That said, he's not behind yet.  Goal is to be combining words BY two.  My oldest didn't until a few months after he turned two.  He's an exceptionally smart kid (taught himself to read at three, for example), so I figure if he didn't combine until past 2, I won't worry about my younger kid (who is 22 months and not combining).[/quote]

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