2 year old- no words!

[Pieface123]

DS turned 2 in July, no words yet!

He responds to his name (most of the time anyway!)
I've been reading some zombie threads and posters there say their non verbal 2 year olds respond to more instructions or other words, DS is happy in his own world most of the time and doesn't tend to respond to most instructions at all.

Trying to book an appointment with the GP atm for him, but not sure of where to go from there or what to ask for at GP!

The only thing he does 'say' is "mum" and its not as a clear cut word really, more of a sound if you see what I mean.

Does anyone else have any positive stories of their non verbal 2 year olds who have gone on to talk without need for any speech therapy or with??

Go to your GP, that should say. I have three autistic sons, and I can not emphasis enough, get on waiting lists as soon as possible

In the meantime I can't advise learning some basic signing strongly enough. Both my children have developmental speech disorders and Makaton via a LOT of Mr Tumble has saved us from many a frustration-related rage.

Very rarely gets frustrated at anything, doesn't "ask" for anything as such but he will come up to you whilst you're at the sink if he wants a drink.
Doesn't point at anything but will get visibly excited when he sees a favourite food such as banana

DS was the same when he started nursery. The only words he could say was car and car key. 🙄 compared to the other children he was practically non verbal. I held off a dr app as I knew he had his two year check coming up. She refered him to speech and language and for a hearing app. Nothing wrong with his hearing, and speech and language said he was still very little, and every child develops differently. However they did give us stategies to use, such as add one word: so if DS pointed and said car, we would say red car. If he said red car, we would say big red car ect. They also said to narrate EVERYTHING you do. They held off an assesment but kept his file open for 9 more months so if we needed ro ro give them a ring. DS did pick up after this, nursery helped massivly, then one day he just started repeating everything we said and built from there. We are back with speech and language but thats for his preonounciation as at 3.5 hes still struggling with that. Waiting on an app for him to see what we can do. I understand its a concern though, I worried myself sick with DS speaking. Try a doctors app to get it flagged up so the right people are aware and can pick up anything if neccessary, or at least that you can get some ressaurance and support. Hope everything works out for you. Sending

My 20m old doesnt really speak. She has a couple of words and does a lot of animal noises and sounds like shhhh oops etc and lots of signing and gestures but almost no words, only one that's clear. Shes starting private speech therapy next month - the NHS won't put her on the waiting list until shes 2 and its a 6-12m wait in our area. The cost is going to cripple me but I can't send her to nursery to struggle

My DD is 21 months, she learnt mama and dada at 9 months but then stopped saying them at about a year, there was the occasional other word here and there but not with any consistency. She starts nursery next week as I’m back in the office and I put on the documents that I was concerned about a speech delay. She also wouldn’t follow a point or respond to her name most of the time.

Well since last week she has suddenly started talking! She’s not only saying words like doggy,stone,ball and mama again etc but has started stringing 2 and 3 words together! Her favourite is “I’m stuck” and “go out there”. She’s also now responding to her name and looking when I point. It has literally all come from nowhere!

Op, have you adapted to your child's needs such that he doesn't need to ask too much? One of my sons never requested so I learned to stay one step ahead. So I would leave a bottle of water within his reach, always where he expected to find it. Everything he liked was always within reach, so toys he liked were where he could easily get them. I picked up on all his cues, I watched him like a hawk and recognised when he needed things by his facial expressions, or even if he stood at a certain spot, etc. We adapt to meet the needs of children who can't really communicate, almost without realising we are doing it, it's natural.
Most children request by this age, my middle son never did, he is always so passive, so happy, never frustrated,. My youngest is a swirling loud thing, and everyone knows he is around. Both autistic.

Well at two my son wasn’t saying much at all, but he was communicating with us all in lots of other ways. He laughed when we did, he mimicked us (clapping/ high fives etc) and he would fetch thing when asked. His first few words came not long after his 2nd birthday and he really progressed from there. He had a few weeks of speech and language therapy in the summer before he went to school and he was talking as well as his peers by the end of reception. My friend’s son has just turned two and also doesn’t say a single word.I think he’s autistic personally but that’s not my place to say. He doesn’t communicate really at all, no waving or pointing, no acknowledgement that you’re in the same room as him. He doesn’t respond to his name and he doesn’t request things (no bearing issues). Saying that, he’s a happy little boy and clearly content within himself.

@Pieface123 could i ask for an update? Sounds so similar to my son x