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[quote=Anonymous]Mine was not ever classified as a late talker, but at 18 months only had a handful of words. She had 20 words by 20 months, as I recall, so we had our eye on things, as she hovered right around the minimum peds like to see.

But like a lot of kids, she had a language explosion around 21 months and has never been delayed per se. She does have some mild articulation problems (lisp, etc.) but nothing else, really. She also read completely within normal limits but later than some others (didn't really click fully until age 7). At 8, she reads 2-3 grade levels ahead.

OP, it's not clear from your post, but I was told to count any consistent sounds as words at that age, as well as signs. At 18 months, my kid had maybe 5 words, but also maybe 5 animal/etc. sounds that referred to those animals, and she did have many, many ASL signs-- maybe it helped that her motor skills were stronger. She was a very early walker (8.5 months) and has continued to have strong gross and fine motor skills.

When you mention comparing to your older child... I was that kid who never shut up, who spoke in complete sentences as an infant and read at 3-- so even though I knew that wouldn't mean my kid would be the same, it was a tiny bit out of my comfort zone when I ended up with the kid who didn't do any of that, but was ahead in motor skills milestones instead. I mean, I never learned to ride a bike. You never know what you're gonna get.  [/quote]

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