I know this has probably been done to death :) But it's starting to get to me a little. DS is 21 months and hardly has any words. Bubble, pop, car, our cat's name, mama and bye bye. I think his hearing is fine - he hears planes from far off and sometimes bobs his head to music from cars outside. He appears to understand lots of things I say - instructions, requests, where things are etc. He chatters LOTS - he's always telling us about stuff, is very engaged with us and the world around him - it's just that we can't understand him!
I think he's pretty adept physically - he swims, climbs high cargo nets, balances on low beams, can climb those mini climbing walls in parks, goes up the highest slide and climbs those rope spider web structure things. He can manipulate small things with his hands so dexterity is fine and engages in imaginative play. So in all other areas, he seems to be developing fine. He just doesn't have much in the way of words.
I checked out the Talking Point site but it just worried me with their "normal" parameters. I read to him daily, we look at picture books and he can find the things I ask for like duck or whatever.
Please tell me about your late talkers :) All other children his age are speaking in basic sentences!
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Please reassure me about late talking
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ZebraZeebra · 04/08/2014 08:27
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