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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would. My daughter just turned 2 last month and can say 5-6 word sentences. A friend of mine whose son was born the same day (November 7) sounds a lot like your son and he was just evaluated through Early Intervention and found to qualify for speech. Doesn't use mama/dada toward his parents, doesn't say full words, no stringing words, etc. You should call Early Intervention and schedule an evaluation.

[b]The thing is, some kids are late talkers who talk between 2-3. Some kids don't. And if you keep waiting until 3 to determine he really can't talk, when he's giving you lots of signs right now that he can't, that will be a year of potential progress wasted. An evaluation cannot hurt a thing and can be a big help if he needs speech therapy[/b].[/quote]

Agree with this. Also, it's common in my DH's culture-- and, I think, among people of a different generation in mine-- not to talk until 2 or 3 simply because adults don't read/talk/relate to babies and toddlers in the same way most of us DCUMers do today. If a child who parents and other adults were consistently verbally engaging with and responding to from infancy onward isn't picking up language, it isn't necessarily the same thing. Not that it couldn't also be genetic, but like PP said, you can't know now.[/quote]

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