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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]40-50 words for a 21 month old is fine and definitely "on track." [/quote]

Pediatrician told us 50 words is low end for 24 months and he wants to see some word combinations. Seeing how DS speaks now, I just don't see that happening in the next two months. [/quote]

Your kid is currently 21 months and knows as many words as the pediatrician said would be low end of normal for 24 months?  What's the fuss about?  There will be HUGE leaps between now and 24 months and in the months to follow.  Language acquisition doesn't happen on a steady trajectory; it comes in fits and starts.  A kid who only points and grunts single words one month may be stringing together phrases or even sentences the following month.

Don't change plans if you've gotten him into a good program.  It definitely won't set him back, especially not in any permanent ways.  If anything, start him in this program and continue to watch his progress in the next few months.  You can always resort to speech therapy if necessary, but it doesn't sound like you're headed in that direction.

(Also, remember that the low end of normal is just that: the low end of NORMAL.  Your kid doesn't have to be in the 99th percentile of everything from the start.  There will be milestones that he meets early and ones that he meets late.  If there are ones that he doesn't meet at all, then you get extra help.)[/quote]

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