My little boy was 2 in January. I'm a little worried about his speech, he seems a bit behind other children his age.
He can say loads of individual words, these are mostly nouns.
He can put 2 or 3 words together, but only does this occasionally.
He's fairly quiet and doesn't talk much.
He tends to cry or squeak rather than ask for help, we have to remind him to use his words.
He has certain phrases that he'll always use at certain times. For instance when we get out of the car he says "all dark" even if it isn't dark - this started in winter when it WAS usually dark but he still says it now.
At bedtime when I'm tucking him in he says "wait a minute" because that's what I often say to him when I go and get his dummy - now he says it to me, even when he has his dummy. I don't think he even understands what it means! There's loads of other examples.
He immediately repeats back a lot of what I say to him, so I know he has the ability to say a lot of words. But he doesn't use these words on his own iykwim.
If I ask him a question or call his name he will often ignore me or not respond. Or he'll repeat it back - so if I ask him "where is it?" he might say "where" or ignore me. He does understand some things, but I would say his understanding isn't great. But it's difficult to tell, because he ignores us a lot.
He never ever asks questions.
He doesn't use words like me, I, you or who, what, why - unless he's repeating something that has just been said to him.
Does all this sound within the realms of normal? Or should I be more concerned?
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Speech in a 2.3 year old boy
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craftyoldhen · 09/04/2016 20:50
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