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[quote=Anonymous]I had my daughter's speech evaluated at 15-16 months -- that was the right thing for us to do and you might consider it, too.  Your son's ped might be right that his lack of words is indicative of nothing, but it would be nice to have a professional (a speech therapist experienced with early childhood speech development) confirm that.  My daughter had no words at 15 months, and very few consonants.  She could not imitate me at all.  It turned out that she had childhood apraxia of speech, and that she needed speech therapy to help her learn the movements to create sounds and words.  Chances are your son does not have apraxia, but again, it would be nice to rule it and other speech disorders and delays out.  Georgetown, George Washington Speech and Hearing Clinic, Univ. of Maryland College Park, and some of the private practices are all good speech programs that offer evaluations.  Some people also have good experiences with early intervention (Strong Start in DC, other names in other jurisdictions).  Best of luck to you![/quote]

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