When did your late talker start to talk?

[CarolineKate]

My son is 22 months old. He has always been behind in talking. He is slowly progressing which reassures me.

He says about 20 words and few extra words where he and I know what he is saying but it is not perfect.

He won't put words together unless he is saying bye bye to something for example "ba bye parr" which is bye bye park.

I didn't talk until I was 3. I'm wondering when your late talkers actually started to talk more?

My son was a late talker. He was about 2.5 years old, but once he started, they all came really thick and fast x

DS had a surge at last December at 3.5 years, in terms of clarity of speech and sentence complexity. He'd been in nursery half days since the previous March which has started to move him on. He was basically none verbal at 2.5. He's not quite 4.5 and although his interest in topics is limited he can do a good verbly rally of receiving his favourite present last birthday or explaining how he wants his toys to play. Pronunciation is still off for some significant sounds

aged 4+ but he is ASD. Now he never stops talking and has an advanced vocabulary

At about 2.5 and she went from not being able to talk to talking in full complex sentences in context within weeks. A year on and she's been diagnosed with ASD though.

Aged three in complete sentences, hardly said a word prior to that. A quiet child even now but bright as a button.

I was 6 even then I’d only speak to my mum. I’m a perfectly normal adult now though, honest!

About 2.5. Seemed to happen almost overnight. 4.5 now and can confirm she never shuts up

Ds was 3 months off being 3 when he started to talk, his speech and language is fine now at 5.

Ds was three and dd 2.5 when they started to speak. Ds talks a lot and has advanced vocabulary (he reads a lot). Dd started to speak in sentences straight away. At two she was non verbal.

Well 20plus words spoken is good.
If he understands everything and play is age appropriate then nothing to worry about
But if you want to ask then Get speech therapist review and assessment
Wont do any harm
Might help with pronunciation
Every child is different.
If there is underlying issue then therapy will help.. and wont hinder

So glad someone else has started a thread mine is 23 months and can say bye bye clearly but nothing else really we can understand him with some words he is trying to say no one else can; and have taught him some signs to help with frustration and he's quick at picking them up, he plays well and understands what we say to him/ask him to do. DH thinks it's because I talk for him - sadly I have form for this my brother is 7 years younger than me and didn't start talking till he was 5 - speech therapist said I was talking for him so he had no need to .

Well I'm so glad I wrote this post because I was starting to panic a bit! Just today he has added the word cuddle. Slowly but surely. But everyone has really reassured me that sometimes they start late and it will all be OK!! Glad the post could help someone else too

My DD has about 5 words when she turned two.

It was like someone flicked a switch and she hasn't stopped talking since.

Now in year 3 and doing well at school.

Mine was 22 months, prior to that his words were 'up' and 'car', suddenly he was talking in 5 word sentences within a week! Perfectly clear words, complicated words came easily not long after. (He did sign though, which we did for fun anyway.)
My boy is a studier, he works things out quietly for aaages, then does it perfectly!

When my youngest was 2 he had a handful of words and no signs of simple sentences.
He was slowly gaining words, but all nouns and no verbs.
We had one session with a speech therapist who recommended the "match plus one" technique. One week later he was connecting words together and then his vocabulary just exploded!

My son barely spoke at 2 and a half, just a few words but clearly understood everything. Once he started to talk it came in paragraphs .

He's got a first class degree and is a maths teacher now so I wouldn't worry too much.

I was expecting to see something much later than 22 months for "late"!

DD probably had 20 words aged 2, barely understandable (e.g., "tetu" was "thankyou"), then it all came out in a burst at 2.5.

I read somewhere that late talkers are developing their analytical thinking while the early talkers brain is concentrated to develop speech.

First words at 24 months, full sentences by 27 months.

I have 3. None of them talked much until 2+. Certainly not like some of their peers. Now eldest 2 are in school and absolutely fine. Youngest is getting there.

I think as long as the understanding is there, the speech will come in time.

I have a speech delayed child, he is 9. He was a delayed talker. We started speech therapy when he was 16 months. He makes progress all the time even if it isn't at the same speed as typical children.

I have no idea if your child is speech delayed or not, but if you are concerned it would be good to speak to your GP and ask if they think an assessment is necessary. If your child does have any issues the sooner they get support the better it will be for them.

4.5

Now 7 if anything she has a flair for language, asd but an amazingly vocabulary and comprehension

At 22 months I honestly don't think there's any need to worry.

Can't remember with my own, but I noticed with both Gdcs that speech really started 'exploding' with a vengeance at something over 2 - maybe coming up to 2 1/2 - and Gdd was somewhat earlier than Gds, but I gather girls often are.

FWIW, a BiL of mine barely uttered until he was 3. MiL once told me that she'd been getting really worried, but once he started it came out in whole sentences. Presumably he'd just been listening, taking it all in, and biding his time.
He later won a scholarship to Cambridge.

My son was 3 before he started talking. He didn't do any baby talk or odd words at all but spoke in sentences straight away.