Almost 17 month old not talking yet

My ds was 3 before he spoke. My dd speaks whole sentences and she's only 23m. My dn speaks a few words but understands instructions..
It varies from child to child. I wouldn't worry I remember with ds being worried that 'everyone else's kids' spoke better than him..
He just did it in his own time.

Stealth boast that he understands everything? 17 months is FAR too early to worry.

Why on earth is that a stealth boast?
The op is concerned about her child being behind so clearly not a stealth boast
She’s just pointing out her child’s strengths and abilities and stating facts. Something a health visitor would want to know if she described her child to them!

Op, my dd is almost 17 months too. She understands more than what she can actually say. She can say about 4 words but definitely understands more than that.
Oops, am I bragging? 🤭

My 4th son is nearly 19 months. He can say mam, dad and boo (boob/milk). He understands loads. It's never crossed my mind to be concerned tbh. You get so obsessed by all the things they 'should' be doing when it's your first i know I was the same but honestly they do things in their own time.

My DH didn't speak until he was 3. He's now a professor and fluent in several languages. I really wouldn't worry at 17 months. I think my DS only said a couple of words at that age.

My 16.5mo DS sounds very similar. He has dada and nana 🍌. He occasionally treats us to 'dat' 🐈 and the newest one is 'cwap' (hopefully clap, that is his favourite thing to do).

I swear he understands everything, he just chooses to ignore us a lot. There isn't any problem with comprehension anyway. He babbles away all the time, nursery say they have seen this with loads of kids - they babble away, and then have a language explosion.

The fact that my 18 month old DD is now stringing words together has me shock.

I remember reading something once that said that parents who have a boy first and then a girl often think the girl is unusually gifted and parents with DC the other way round often think the boy is delayed. I know it's not true 100% of the time but I've been really surprised by how notably more advanced the speech of the little girls I know is compared to the boys - I thought it would be a very small, marginal thing.

My ds has about 5 words on his second birthday. Three months later he was talking clearly in sentences more words than I could ever count.
As long as he’s understanding and babbling I would not worry at all.

Try not to worry. Plenty of children this age don't talk. I know "try not to worry" is easier said than done, but every mother worries that their child isn't doing X Y or Z when they should/compared to other children. But the fact is that everyone develops at different rates and to my knowledge there is no direct correlation between vocabulary at 18 months and future success in life.

Sorry posted too soon, and didn’t mean the ?. I work in childcare and this is normal, most babies don’t start talking till they’re around 2 and it’s not classed as a concern till they are 3. So don’t worry

My MiL told me that a BiL barely uttered until he was 3. She’d been getting decidedly worried, but it then came out in whole, correct sentences. He’d just been taking it all in and biding his time.. incidentally he later won a place at Cambridge.

Please don’t worry - 17 months is still just a baby. Children vary so much - they will do it when they’re ready. If he understands so much and is saying something that’s fine at his age.
My Gdcs’ speech really exploded between 2 and 2 1/2, same as a pp said.

He is saying words
Daddy
No
Sass for snake

So no need to worry.
Look more at play eg beginning role play feeding a teddy etc

Most babies don’t say anything at 16 months?

You again?

Please don’t worry. My DS was 3 1/2 before he got going (age 2 he had a dozen words). Everyone thought there was something wrong with him. I have a file a foot deep of well meaning reports of his speech problems. He is now 16, loves physics and public speaking. Don’t compare and hang in there.

Both of mine were late talkers (18 months or so before having a small range of single words) but both went on to have above average language. I and an SaLT so I was concerned but knew I was downing all the right things. Kids develop at different rates.

I wouldnt worry yet, he is still so little. Both my boys hardly spoke until they were nearly three. Lots of babble and good understanding but very few actual words before then.
The fact that my 18 month old DD is now stringing words together has me .

Apparently by the time they’re 18 months they should be able to speak more than 10 words.

I don't think that's right - the milestone is that they have some words by 18 months (which your DS does), not specifically more than 10. This NHS guidance, for instance, says 'up to 20': www.nelft.nhs.uk/services-havering-child-adolescent-salt-develop-speech-language/

I would say DS was about the same at 17 months and just two months later he now has loads of words (though mostly very unclearly said) - they're not kidding when they call it a language explosion!

My dc didn't say anything other than mama before two. Then started talking pretty much in sentences, and hasn't stopped since. At 6 they have a reading age of 11. I wouldn't worry if I were you.

I’m a bit concerned as my 17 month old is still not saying words. He says “Daddy” and “No”

Do he does say words then.

He's 17 months old. Worry in a years time if he's still only saying 2 words and hissing at things, until then bin whatever it is you are looking at that's full of utter nonsense.

He sounds alright for his age.

Try teaching him about a helicopter ('copter), you can probably find a little book with illustrations. That will do for starters. Then move on to 'ladybird' but say 'lady ..... bird'. That one will be fun.

Lots of kids don't talk until they are two after which they never stop until puberty at which time they become monosyllabical.

Who told you they should have ten words at 18m? I think they look for ten words at the two year check but a word can be a sound that means something, it doesn’t have to be an intelligible word as we would recognise. Ssssss is perfect as an example.

They vary so much. Some does sentences at 18m, some don’t say much til 2.5 or so. Your little boy is absolutely fine in his development from what you have said.

Mine had a vocab explosion at 18 months. Family members.who were two start talking in secnences and were super smart at school.

OP I wouldn’t worry at 17 months, it’s still very little IMO. I totally understand it though - I have had an awful day worrying about my little boy (22 months) as one of my friends is a speech and language therapist and said she would expect him to have more words than he has now. I think he can say max 25 words, which is very low for his age apparently. I have made a GP appointment to see if he should be referred early but these comments have made me feel better.

Understanding is the most important thing at that age. Talking will increase in time. Usually between age 2 and 2 and a half you'll notice a big difference.

My DD couldn't say hardly anything at 2 and a half and what she could was not at all clear, she is 3 next week and speaks in full sentences and 85% is clear to everyone