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[quote=Anonymous]Don't freak out.  Does your child communicate needs in other ways?  Does s/he understand what you are saying?  Does s/he want to be read to?  AT that age, kids love those picture books that have 1000 pictures of household items and the label next to it.  My kids wanted us to "read" those over and over.

My oldest really had no words at 15 mos.  At 22 mos. she had only a few verbalizations (like un-unh for no, and uh-hun for yes, bus, mama, dah-dah.)  Seriously, she had like 10 sounds when she was 24 mos.  We did the child find services around 20 mos.

First the child find people came to observe and assess our home and interactions.  They told me that first day that they could tell she wasn't autistic b/c of how DD responded and interacted with me.  They asked if I was a teacher b/c of all educational toys (blocks, music, books, etc.) I had in the house (apparently it's not like that in a lot of homes).

The child find lady would sit on the floor and stack blocks and say "UP!"  "UP"... etc.  I thought it was a waste of time and my child would look at me (when the child find speech therapist came) and she would be looking at me like "I already know this... duh!"

My child was an extremely cautious child.  She didn't step off the sidewalk onto the grass willingly.  She always understood heights and was never at risk of falling down stairs.  She would never climb up on a table.  She would burst into tears if brought into a noisy room (we would always go first to a gathering so that the crowd would come upon her slowly).  She just isn't a risk-taker at all -- to this day and she's 12.5 yrs old.

So, with very few words at around 24 mos. and me feeling that the "speech therapy" was a waste of time, I called and cancelled their services.  When she got to 26 mos, she literally started talking a bunch and never shut up since!  Seriously -- the words just started coming out.  She was absorbing the words all along (as we knew she understood everything), but she just wasn't willing to take the risk of speaking until she was ready.

I know other kids who didn't really talk much at all until 24 mos. or so.  Don't freak out.  Consider your child's personality and whether it seems like s/he is understanding and responding to you.[/quote]

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